A TOTAL of 237 weapons were handed in during Surrey Police’s month-long knife amnesty.

The force encouraged knife owners to ‘save a life, surrender your knife’ anonymously, by depositing blades in knife bins at Guildford, Reigate, Staines and Woking police stations.

All knives surrendered will be used in a spectacular 27ft-tall ‘Knife Angel’ by artist Alfie Bradley in memory of those whose lives have been lost to knife crime.

Superintendent Bex Smith said: “I’m pleased that so many people have taken this opportunity to get these potentially deadly weapons safely off our streets.”