Victorian Police Seize Nearly 6,900 Knives in Weapons Crackdown

Victoria Police have seized a record number of machetes for the year to date as the state struggles to combat knife crime.

A detail of the Victoria police badge on a police officer in Melbourne, Australia, on March 24, 2016. Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Victoria Police say they’ve seized 6,876 edged weapons so far this year, including machetes and zombie knives (named for their resemblance to the weapons seen in zombie movies).

Most of the weapons were found in metropolitan Melbourne.