Police are offering cash for knives, guns and knuckle dusters in weapons amnesty

You could be offered up to £5,000 by police to surrender weapons as part of an amnesty scheme to get knives off the streets of the UK. Police in England and Wales are offering cash sums to lawful owners of offensive weapons when they surrender their arms before the new Offensive Weapons Act comes into force. The law will outlaw certain types of weapons that are currently legal to own in private, including knuckle dusters, zombie knives and lever release .308 rifles. To encourage owners to give their weapons in, police are offering amounts ranging from £2 for a knuckle duster to over £5,000 for a rifle. The list includes: