{"id":325189,"date":"2025-08-07T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325189\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T12:42:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:42:14","slug":"ninja-swords-in-west-yorkshire-handed-into-police-after-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/325189\/","title":{"rendered":"Ninja swords in West Yorkshire handed into police after scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was said that some may be given compensation<\/a> if they handed in the ninja swords.<\/p>\n

He added: “The ban on owning ninja swords was a very welcome change to the law which gives us a much better ability to limit the availability of these dangerous weapons.<\/p>\n

“We have seen cases locally and nationally where these swords have been used to cause fear and injury, including the 2022 murder of 16-year-old Ronan Kanda<\/a>, in Wolverhampton which prompted the national banning of these items.<\/p>\n

“As a force, we of course support any measure which increases public safety and which can help us get dangerous weapons that can cause serious harm off our streets.”<\/p>\n

Ninja swords are defined as having a blade between 14 and 24 inches, a straight cutting edge, and a tanto-style point.<\/p>\n

Possession in private, supply, sale, and importation of ninja swords from this month onwards could lead to a prison sentence of up to six months, potentially increasing to two years under new measures.<\/p>\n

Carrying a weapon in public already carries a penalty of up to four years in prison.<\/p>\n

Ch Insp Kitchen added that police have reminded retailers of the changes in legislation and will continue to monitor stores across the country.<\/p>\n

“Persons found in breach of legislation, either through selling these swords or now illegally owning them, face prosecution with a potential maximum sentence of two years in prison,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Weapons such as ninja swords have no place in our communities and we intend to do all we can to enforce the ban now in place.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was said that some may be given compensation if they handed in the ninja swords. He added:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":325190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-325189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114987541874636558","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}