State Police Seize Quarter-Million Dollars Worth of Illegal Fireworks

State police have seized four trailers full of illegal fireworks during a raid in Danbury. Combined, they are worth nearly $250,000.

State police started investigating after the Danbury fire marshal called them on June 30 to report the
sale of illegal fireworks and explosives.

Around 5 p.m. on Wednesday, state police detectives from the fire and explosion investigation
unit searched a single-family home in Danbury, as well as a storage barn, and found what they described as “an extraordinary amount” of illegal fireworks, explosives and IEDs, including MClass
devices.

In all, there were thousands of illegal items and the bomb squad hauled four trailer loads full of them from the scene.

In addition to the illegal fireworks, police seized $3,600 were also seized.

Police expect to make several arrests.
 

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