After a three-month anonymous surrender period, SA police have seen more than 3,508 weapons surrendered to authorities.

South Australian police stations received an average of 38 weapon a day between July 1 and September 30, with weapon including batons, bayonets, nunchuckus, star knives/ninja stars surrended.

The take also included a morning star – a medieval weapon consisting of a shaft with a spiked ball attached – 1,653 machetes and 1,170 swords.

While the three-month anonymous surrender period has now come to an end, anyone with dangerous weapons is still able to surrender them safely to their local police station (outside the CBD) but will be required to provide SAPOL with their name and address.

“Thankfully South Australia has been spared the sorts of knife crime we’ve seen on t

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