Record number of machetes seized in Victoria this year, police say

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Victorian Police Seize Nearly 6,900 Knives in Weapons Crackdown

Victoria Police say they’ve seized 6,876 edged weapons so far this year, including machetes and zombie knives (named for their resemblance to the weapons seen in zombie movies). Most of the weapons were found in metropolitan Melbourne. The overall number of seizures is on track to surpass the 14,805 seized last year, an average of 40 every day. Police said in a statement that they’ve been steadily finding and destroying more knives each year, wi…

Record number of machetes seized in Victoria this year, police say

Police say they're confiscating 44 illegal knives from Victorians per day on average — 31 per cent more than a decade ago.