Police winning war on youth knife crime
SCOTLAND'S Police forces have made major inroads towards winning the war on children carrying knives, according to new figures.
The number of under-16s arrested for carrying weapons has halved nationwide, documents from Scotland's police forces have shown.
Arrests in problem areas like Glasgow have dropped by two-thirds from 973 in 2005/06 to 383 in 2009/10, while Central Scotland Police have arrested just six children for carrying weapons this year, down from 98 in 2006.
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