A SAMURAI sword was among more than 30 knives to be handed over to Bicester Police Station last week.

The station was part of the week-long knife amnesty in which Thames Valley Police hoped would cut back on the number of knives on our streets.

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The Bicester team tweeted a picture of the knives surrendered including kitchen knives, and a samurai sword.