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Chair welcomes proposals to ban more knives

APCC Chair Marc Jones said: “I welcome these proposals which will see more lethal weapons removed from our streets.

“Those who seek to use knives for violence must face the full strength of the law and these proposals will enable the police and our justice system to crackdown on knife crime and better safeguard our communities.”

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