Hartford police expect to make an arrest after discovering about $5,000-worth of fireworks in a van Friday night while investigating reports of someone selling illegal fireworks.
The suspect is a 35-year-old man from East Hartford.
"HPD North End CSOs discover 'the mother load,'" Hartford police Deputy Chief Brian Foley tweeted along with a photo of several boxes of about 179 fireworks units found.
Police responded to 592 Garden Street on Friday night at 8:03 p.m. to investigate reports of an illegal fireworks selling operation out of a blue van. Police found the van full of illegal fireworks, but the person suspected of selling them fled on foot when police arrived.
The bomb squad was called in to store and dispose of the fireworks because of the volume of them, police said.
Police said an arrest warrant is forthcoming.
