Three St Leonards residents said they were 'horrified and saddened' to find five knives discarded in a drain in a residential street near St Leonards seafront.

The residents were removing silt from the drain at the rear of some flats in Saxon Street, St Leonards, on Tuesday morning (November 3).

One of the people who find the knives, and asked to remain anonymous, said: "The knives had clearly been dropped down the drain by their carrier(s) to avoid detection, and possibly for future use.