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Rachael Ward and Callum Godde

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More than 15,000 weapons have been taken off Victoria's streets so far in 2025. (Julian Smith/AAP PHOTOS)

Violent offenders using knives may be locked up for longer as a record number of machetes and other blades are seized, mainly from criminals and youth gang members.

Police have confiscated more than 15,000 knives, machetes and zombie knives in Victoria in 2025, an average of 47 per day.

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