Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team are visiting retail establishments in West Conwy to check if they are following the Challenge 25 policy for selling bladed items.

This is part of Operation Sceptre, a week-long initiative to reduce knife-related crimes. North Wales Police is holding a knife amnesty week where you can safely dispose of offensive weapons at your local police station.

Remember it is now illegal to possess certain weapons in private including flick knives and knuckledusters.
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To surrender a bladed item or other weapons please visit Police front counters at the following stations: 

Wrexham
Mold
Rhyl
Llandudno
Colwyn Bay
Bangor
Caernarfon
Holyhead

This year several Recycling Centres across the region are also part of the initiative:

Gwynedd & Anglesey:

Bangor Recycling Centre, Llandygai Ind. Estate, Bangor LL57 4YH
Cibyn Recycling Centre, Caernarfon, LL55 2DB
Harlech Recycling Centre, Ffridd Rasus Harlech, LL46 2UW
Dolgellau Recycling Centre, Ffordd Y Bala, Dolgellau, LL40 2YF
Gwalchmai Recycling Centre, Gwalchmai, Holyhead, LL65 4PW
Penhesgyn Recycling Centre, B5420, Menai Bridge, LL59 5RY.

Conwy & Denbighshire:

Mochdre Recycling Centre, LL28 4YL
Abergele Recycling Centre, LL22 9SE
Rhyl Recycling Centre, LL18 2AT
Denbigh Recycling Centre, LL18 2AT
Ruthin Recycling Centre, LL15 1LY

Flintshire & Wrexham:
Bryn Lane Household Recycling Centre, Wrexham Industrial Estate, LL13 9UT
Lodge Household Recycling Centre, Brymbo, Wrexham, LL11 5NR 
Plas Madoc Household Recycling Centre, Wrexham, LL14 3ES
Greenfield Recycling Centre, Holywell, CH8 7GJ