Oslo Police Crack Down on Weapons: 554 People Checked, 3 Caught Carrying Knives and Pepper Spray

On Friday evening between 9 and 11 p.m., the police carried out an operation at Grønland subway station where 554 people were checked. Two people were reported for carrying a knife, and one was reported for having pepper spray on them.

– There are too many cases where people are stabbed, we take it very seriously, says operations manager in the Oslo police district, Sven Martin Ege to Nettavisen on Sunday morning about why the police carry out such checks.

The police announced on X/Twitter that there will be more similar checks in the near future.

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Preventive agent

Operations manager Ege describes weapons inspections as one of the police’s many means of preventing violence and crime in society.

– There are many people who carry knives and weapons in the city. It shouldn’t be like this, he says.

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On Saturday evening, the Oslo police carried out a new visitation in the Strøget passage, where 368 people were checked. No knife or weapon was found.

– How random is it to be chosen?

– We stand up in random areas, but we are not looking for special people, says Ege to Nettavisen.

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Increase in youth crime

In 2023, crime among children and young people under the age of 18 increased by 28 per cent compared to last year.

The police state in a press release at the end of January that there is a 36 percent increase in the use of violence among children under the age of 15.

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– Everything is connected. We do not carry out such actions only to prevent youth crime, but for all crime. We don’t want people to carry knives and weapons, says the operations manager.

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