Leeds pair charged with illegally selling knives on social media
They have been charged with selling a flick and a combat knife
A man and woman from Leeds have appeared in court charged with the illegal selling and marketing of knives via social media.
Irmann Ali, 20, and Ruqayya Hussain, 20, both of College Drive, Horsforth, were arrested following an investigation by West Yorkshire Police’s county lines taskforce Operation Phoenix.
The pair appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court on Thursday (August 13) last week and have been bailed until a further hearing at the same court on November 16.
They have each been charged with one count of jointly selling a weapon to which Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies, namely a flick knife, and one count of jointly marketing a combat knife in a way that suggested it was suitable for combat contrary to Section 1 of the Knives Act 1997.
A spokesperson for West Yorkshire Police said: “Officers from the team made the arrests following a referral from the National Knife Crime Centre, which was launched by the National Police Chiefs’ Council in April this year as part of national co-ordination to tackle knife crime, particularly the illegal sale of knives to under-18s via online and social media.”