Lincolnshire Police are holding an amnesty over ‘zombie style’ knives and machetes before it becomes illegal to own one.
The government is changing legislation to add them to the prohibited offensive weapons list from Tuesday, September 24.
Until then, bins have been set up to hand them in anonymously at several police stations in the county.
Anyone who does could be eligible to receive a financial compensation.
None of the police stations in South Holland are taking part, but a bin is avilable at Boston Police Station from 8am to 6pm, Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday.
Inspector Carrie Diamond, knife crime lead at Lincolnshire Police, said: “This is a really important piece of legislation because it means another weapon with the potential to cause serious harm is being taken off the streets.
“These weapons are really frightening to look at, and designed to cause harm; there is no practical purpose to own one of these weapons, and I would encourage anyone who has one to make use of the surrender period and dispose of it in a safe way.
“Tackling knife crime starts with prevention, and our ideal goal would be nobody ever carries a knife or other offensive weapons; this law change will prevent people from being able to legally own one of these weapons in the first place, and anything which makes it harder for people to get access to zombie knives and machetes is an important step.”
