A new law gives Queensland police the power to stop and scan people for knives in some public places, and what they found in a weekend blitz is concerning.
Police have confiscated eight concealed weapons — including a knuckleduster and a machete — and charged 15 people as the result of a wanding blitz at Queensland's public transport stations and night club districts this weekend.
The legislation is named "Jack's Law", after teenager Jack Beasley who was fatally stabbed in 2019, and aims to prevent knife crime. Over Friday and Saturday alone, police launched searches at across 10 safe night precincts between the Gold Coast and Townsville as well as eight public transport stations.
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