Tomorrow in Greenford: a van that takes your knife, no questions
A mobile knife and bladed-weapon surrender van is due in Greenford on Wednesday 26 August as part of a month-long Home Office amnesty. You hand the item in. You are not asked for a name.
A mobile knife and bladed-weapon surrender van is due in Greenford on Wednesday 26 August as part of a month-long Home Office amnesty. You hand the item in. You are not asked for a name.
It sits in a grim summer: Southall’s four-week police crackdown produced 134 arrests and 13 weapons; Acton has just had another drugs and ASB sweep; a house fire in Southall on 21 August saw eight people rescued. The van will not fix that. It is still a practical local notice: if a knife is in a drawer and someone wants it gone without a police station, this is the window.
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