<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police have taken more than 91 knives from 67 people across the state in the few months since new "wanding" laws were introduced.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Laws instated in December allow police to search people for knives using a handheld scanner in certain public locations.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Since then, police have searched 4147 people at train stations, shopping centres, sporting venues and nightlife precincts.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/surfers-report-feeling-infected-as-yellow-foam-washes-up-on-popular-beach/40aec73e-ec1d-4d43-9bcc-7861228d6736"><strong><span>'Deadly' sea foam infects more than 100 surfers</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have said they found 91 illegal weapons, leading to 67 people being charged with 71 different offences.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In 34 police operations across NSW, officers seized tasers, slingshots, knuckle dusters, machetes and an extensive variety of knives.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The number of weapons that have been seized already is shocking," NSW Premier Chris Minns said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/police-seize-more-than-90-knives-across-nsw-in-wanding-operations/20ec8aa5-da42-4c3d-8b57-46ea3b71dfc6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To have taken almost 100 knives and other weapons off our streets is as horrifying as it is important.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our tough knife laws are working and getting weapons out of our community."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW laws giving police "wanding" powers </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/jacks-law-passes-parliament-granting-wanding-powers-to-nsw-police/167f90cc-494a-484a-961c-1eeaa18fc6c5" rel="" target="_blank" title="take after Jack's Law in Queensland"><span>take after Jack's Law in Queensland</span></a><span>, which was legislated after the stabbing death of 17-year-old Jack Beasley in 2019.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/israel-hamas-israel-says-it-is-carrying-out-extensive-strikes-in-gaza/87f29738-69a1-464a-adad-c2152cff80ad" rel="" target="_blank" title="Israel says it is carrying out 'extensive strikes' in Gaza"><strong><span>Israel says it is carrying out 'extensive strikes' in Gaza</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are only very few purposes for anyone to have a knife in their possession in public," NSW Police Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"In most circumstances, it is illegal and will only lead to tragedy and the death of innocent people."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carrying a knife in public without a reasonable excuse can bring a maximum fine of $11,000 or four years in jail.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last year's law changes also made it illegal to sell knives to children under the age of 18.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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