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A dad is doing his bit to take knives off the streets by swapping them for JD Sports vouchers.

Faron Paul runs an informal knife amnesty, offering people vouchers if they hand their weapons into him to give to the police.

People get in touch with him via Instagram and he meets them for the handover before contacting police.

The 31-year-old says he never hands over the details of the person who gave him the bladed weapon but instead provides his own details to the police.

Speaking to Sky News, Faron said: "Everybody wants to know why I do this - I do it because I have kids and I want them to live long and happy lives.

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"It's dangerous work so I try to protect myself with a stab proof vest and I normally have a friend and my dog with me, too. But you never know.

"But every time I take a knife off the street I am probably saving a life and stopping someone from going to jail.

"To me that is worth the risk. I'm trying to help build a better future for the next generation and a situation where local communities don't need to live in fear."

He added: "Why would any young kid walk in to a police station and hand in a knife? They think it will lead to more problems for them.

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"But they trust me and that's why they message me on social media to help them out. At the moment, I'm getting way too many messages every day for me to deal with and requests from as far away as Cardiff and Liverpool."

Faron once confronted an armed gang and confiscated their knives at his niece's 16th birthday party.

The 31-year-old took it upon himself to kick the boys out of the party when he found one of them carrying a huge "Rambo-style knife".

He then searched the rest of the group and found two more knives before kicking the rest of the partygoers out.

Mr Paul later posted a Facebook video of him showing the sheer size of the terrifying weapons.

He told viewers: “You’ve got to be looking after your kids.”