Man arrested for carrying a lock knife on Yorkshire coast, as police begin knives amnesty

The man was stopped on New Burlington Road on Friday morning and found to be carrying a lock knife.

His arrest comes as Humberside Police conduct a knife surrender campaign aimed at reducing the number of people, especially youngsters, carrying weapons.

Knife bins have been placed around the force area, including in Bridlington.

Chief Superintendent Darren Wildbore said: “No-one needs to be reminded of the dangers of knife crime and the recent fatal stabbing in Hull only highlights how serious a situation can get.

“We want to do everything we can to remove knives from the streets of the Humberside Police Force area.

“This surrender gives everyone an opportunity to get rid of knives and weapons that could potentially cause injury or worse to someone in our area.

“Anyone can hand over knives safely and anonymously and in turn remove these weapons from our streets.

“In addition to this weapons surrender, our officers will be conducting weapons sweeps and doing proactive patrols across our area.

“Our message to those who carry a knife or thinking of carrying a knife is that it doesn’t protect you and in fact it makes you more vulnerable and places you in danger of serious harm.

“We want to reassure the public that despite recent serious incidents we do not have an escalating knife problem in our area, however it is important that we raise awareness of the dangers of carrying knives and to prevent anyone else suffering from knife crime.”

Knives and weapons, including other items made or adapted for the sole purpose of causing injury to someone, can be handed in safely via the bins until Sunday October 25.

The Bridlington bin is at Ashville Street at the enquiry office which is open Monday to Friday, 8am to 8pm and Saturday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm.