A HUGE twenty-four inch knife was seized by police during a raid in Southampton.
Officers recovered the blade, belived to be around 'two foot' long, while executing a warrant in Thornhill.
Police say the knife was recovered in a search of the property.
On Twitter, Hampshire Constabulary linked the blade to Operation Fortress - the force's drug crackdown project.
It was also linked to Operation Sceptre, Hampshire Police's anti-knife scheme.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary said: "Officers executed a planned warrant at an address in Meredith Towers, Tunstall Road, this morning (August 30) as part of our ongoing Fortress campaign to identify and tackle drug-related crime.
"A knife was seized at the address.
"No arrests have been made at this stage."
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