Pictured: Ammunition and meat cleaver handed in to police in Bilston

Along with the 24 firearm rounds discovered in the surrender bin outside Morrisons on the main Black Country Route in Bilston were 18 dangerous bladed weapons of varying lengths.

A sword-like blade, a short dagger, a two-pronged fork and a number of kitchen knives were also handed in.

The surrender bin was opened in December last year, bringing the number of bins in the regions to 13. It was introduced in a bid to slash knife crime after more than 400 weapons were taken of the streets of the West Midlands using the bins at the end of last year.

The latest haul comes just a week after 23-year-old Mircea Gheorghe Cozmiuc was stabbed to death in Carter Road, Whitmore Reans.

And more than 100 live rifle rounds were been recovered from a weapon surrender bin at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Dunstall Road, Whitmore Reans last month.

A stun gun, six blank-firing pistols, hammers and a total of 132 knives were also found in the secure containers, designed to get criminals to anonymously hand over their weapons.

Nine kitchen knives, two folding blades and a homemade knife were also found.

At a bin in Heath Town, three hammers, five kitchen knives and a folding blade were also recovered in August.

Assistant PCC Judy Foster said: "These knife bins give people a place to safely off-load items, which could instead destroy lives. Police and Crime Commissioner David Jamieson is a supporter of the knife surrenders that have helped get hundreds of weapons off our streets in the last few months alone.

"Our communities have told us that they want an end to knife crime and that they want to work with us to make that happen.

"The success of our Knife Surrender campaign throughout the West Midlands region is due to the groundswell of support from the community and particularly our young people.

"The people who use our knife surrender bins are making a positive decision, which in many cases is probably the best decision they will ever make. The message is clear – don't carry a knife, it's no way to protect yourself and ultimately there is a much greater chance that it will be used against you."

Bilston North councillor Linda Leach said at the unveiling of the Bilston bin: "I am committed to making Bilston a better place to live and I am delighted that this knife surrender bin is now in place. Each and every knife handed in will help make our community that little bit safer."