Operation Sceptre has made five wanted men arrested successfully as part of a proactive operation to combat knife crime in South Yorkshire, .
South Yorkshire Police said on its official website today that these men wanted for knife crime were detained after a series of arrest warrants were executed.
Three of those arrested were from Sheffield and one from Rotherham and Doncaster. Among the people from Sheffield is a 17-year-old teenager, who had suspicion of possession of a knife and drug offences.
PC Mark Lovell, of the GRIP team, said :”Operation Sceptre builds on the momentum we have all year round to tackling knife crime and these significant arrests is a really encouraging start to the week of action.
“We are building more and more intelligence on people we know are habitually carrying knives in South Yorkshire and we are more determined than ever to get these violent individuals and their dangerous weapons off our streets for good.”
