Police in Hounslow have uncovered six knives and six bags of cannabis during weapons sweeps on Thursday (April 14).

The kitchen knives, with blades varying from three to six inches long, were found at Inwood Park, in Inwood Road, Hounslow.

The drugs were found in nearby Gilbert Street, just off High Street, Hounslow.

Sergeant Mark Ogunwe, of Hounslow police , said the knives were initially found by a park keeper in a flowerbed a couple of weeks ago but were handed over during the weapons sweep. It is not known how long they had been there.

"This was a good result. We've removed a number of knives from the street which could potentially have been used in a future violent incident" he told getwestlondon .

He said the knives, which will now be destroyed along with the drugs, were not believed to be connected to any previous crime and no one had been arrested in connection with their discovery.

In February this year, Andrzej Sedzak was jailed for six years for slashing a man's throat in Inwood Park in a row over a football.

Operation Kestrel

The knives were found as part of Operation Kestrel, a London-wide crackdown on weapons, and Sgt Ogunwe said more weapons sweeps were planned on Friday (April 15).

Their discovery follows a commitment from the borough commander to step up the use of stop-and-search following a spate of stabbings.

Chief Superintendent Raj Kohli told getwestlondon on Wednesday (April 13) that he wanted to ensure no one felt safe carrying a knife, following a third stabbing in the borough in less than a fortnight.

However, he reassured members of the public that the recent stabbings were unconnected and knife crime had actually been falling in recent months.

A man was rushed to hospital after being found with stab wounds in Bedfont on Wednesday (April 13) morning, three days after Sahil Roy was stabbed to death on the Ivybridge estate in Isleworth on Sunday, April 10.

Mr Roy's killing had followed another stabbing on the estate on Friday, April 1.

Azeem Issa, 28, of Isleworth, is due to appear at the Old Bailey on Friday (April 15), charged with Mr Roy's murder.