Two large weapons have been surrendered to officers during a warrant in Swindon.
Police shared photos of the knives which they seized during one of their warrants in North Swindon earlier this week.
One of the weapons was placed next to a computer keyboard for comparison and was over double the size.
Officers are reminding people that these zombie knives and machetes are banned in the UK following new legislation which came into effect in September and they are appealing for anyone who may still own a dangerous weapon to surrender it anonymously in a knife amnesty bin.
A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said: "These weapons were surrendered to our officers during one of the warrants in North Swindon this week.
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"Just a reminder that the UK banned zombie knives and machetes in September.
"If you still have these sorts of weapons and wish to hand them over you can either take them to one of the town’s knife bins (our team looks after the one at Liden Library), or you can get in touch with us, and we will arrange collection.
"Email us on swindonnortheastruralnpt@wiltshire.police.uk or get in touch via the reporting tool on the Wiltshire Police website."
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