Two youths have been arrested after community police officers seized a machete with an 18-inch blade in Bramley.
West Yorkshire Police revealed the weapon was found during a partol around Bramley Shopping Centre. The force has upped officer numbers in the area following a spike in crime over Christmas.
A force spokesperson confirmed the Neighbourhood Policing Team arrested two yong people - although did not confirm their gender or age - on suspicion of possession of a bladed article, affray, public order and criminal damage offences.
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Inspector Phil Gill, who heads the Leeds West NPT, said crime and antisocial behaviour has increased recently and they were doing more to stop it.
He said: “We recognise the concern that these recent incidents of crime and antisocial behaviour involving young people have been causing in the community and we have increased our activity in the area to address that.
“Behaviour such as this cannot be tolerated and we will continue proactively targeting the area to disrupt and deter those involved in such incidents and take positive against them alongside our partner agencies, as we have on this occasion.”
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