![]() "Legitimate sites will sell a knife for camping for £300 because it will be a quality item. A knife can be bought for £5, the more expensive ones £10. Students and workers are in 'intense competition' for accommodation in Manchester city centre.the council thinks it has a solution.The sick texts of a jealous girl who urged her 'Jekyll' boyfriend to murder his ex We told them they he had to be a child friendly site - 90 per cent of what is for sale on there is based at kids. There is nothing on the websites to suggest they were illegal. "One child bought a knife because he thought it was really cool. Samurai swords have been seized (Image: Vincent Cole) It might be a child, a vulnerable adult, or a criminal. "In Greater Manchester, I contact our districts and say 'this weapon was coming to this person'. Border Force and Royal Mail continue to intercept and once a week it all gets shipped up to us here, and we distribute to all the forces what was bound for them, and say 'North Wales, Cheshire, Mersyside, that is your issue'. "I reached out to the Regional Crime Unit, and then the neighbouring forces in the north west, saying we had uncovered this issue and these knives were destined for their distrticts. "They also returned with data as to who was sat at home waiting for them to be delivered. "Officers from Greater Manchester came back with 100 knives destined for the north west after a two-hour session. Doctors hit out at plans to reform cancer services in letter to devolved health service bosses.Joseph McCann trial: Jury told he raped a 17-year-old girl and 11-year-old boy in Lancashire.It doesn't say flick knife, it will say garden tools or gadgets - a real crude attempt to disguise it. "It comes in the same packaging, from the same place. "They are all coming from the same place - China. Retractable blades in knuckle dusters have been found (Image: Vincent Cole) At one sorting depot in the Midlands, they now seize and intercept all weapons coming into this country. "So we started investigating where they were coming from, working with the Royal Mail and Border Force. Then suddenly, this kind of stuff started appearing, which I know you can't buy in stores in Manchester. "We are good at preventing the sale of knives to people under 18 in this country. Yet we are stopping young people with them. In this country, we have laws that prevent the sale of flick knives, lock knives. "We are recovering knives that have not come out of the kitchen draw - they are combat knives. It suggests there is a big problem around the sheer volume of knives available. "The area of knife crime that has risen the most is possession. "You are not only looking at criminal offences, but knives coming into a supposedly safe environment. "He fully admitted buying them and said he had bought them in the past. Supt Chris Downey said: "He was a looked-after child in supported accommodation. In one case, a young person in care in Greater Manchester was able to purchase flick knives online. The operation, set up in March, is being run by GMP's Violence Reduction Unit, based in Stretford. The aim is not to prosecute, but to warn and educate people. Once blades are intercepted, officers visit those who placed the order. Boy found guilty of trying to brutally murder his ex after being encouraged by incensed, jealous girlfriendįollowing pressure from GMP, site bosses have stopped knives being listed to UK customers. ![]() 'This could put us on the scrap heap': Bosses fear 1,000 jobs and 70 businesses could suddenly go in landlord's bombshell plans.Police believe most of these weapons were bought on - an internet platform based in San Francisco which sells a vast range of goods at cheap prices. Other youngsters say they need them for protection. Terrifying discoveries also include Tasers disguised as torches and knuckle dusters with concealed blades.ĭisturbingly, some of the weapons were on their way to teenagers who didn't need to show proof of age online.
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