Croydon shops caught selling knives to underage children in sting...

Two Croydon shops sold knives to underage youths in a council sting operation.Discount Stores and Finch Hardware & DIY, both in Lower Addiscombe Road, sold craft knife sets to 15-year-old girls during a test purchase operation in February.Hamida Ali, the council's cabinet member for safety and justice said it was concerning that in spite of awareness around the problems of knife crime, the council is still catching people selling knives illegally.READ MORE: Police reveal more details of...