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ENGLAND

Illegally-stored fireworks seized

Cannock. Five tons of illegally-stored fireworks have been seized from a farm by trading standards officers. 18.3.2004

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/3524476.stm

Man arrested in fireworks haul

Easton. A man has been arrested after a policeman spotted him allegedly selling illegal fireworks from the back of his car.

The inquiry is part of Operation Hercules, a joint investigation between trading standards officers, the police and the fire service, designed to cut down on the illegal trade in fireworks. 5.11.2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3242097.stm

Appeal to end illegal firework sales
Headteachers are being urged to spy on shopkeepers near their schools in a bid to find out where fireworks are being sold to children. The appeal from trading standards officers was made following reports that youngsters were getting their hands on fireworks and using them to cause 'noise and nuisance'. A letter was sent to every teacher in Newcastle asking them to keep a look out for what is going on in their area and to report any suspected rogue trading to the council. Three Newcastle traders were taken to court last year after being accused of selling fireworks to teenagers. 4.11.2003 http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/thejournal/thejournal/page.cfm?objectid=13588210&method=full&siteid=50081

Black-market fireworks seized

Northamptonshire. Trading standards officers have already confiscated 3.5 tons of fireworks – including a 2.5 ton haul from a single house in Daventry. County's trading standards spokesman Brian Lewin: "If there had been an accident at the place where there were 2.5 tons it could have been terrible."

Deputy chief fire officer for Northamptonshire David Ellis: "We've got huge numbers of fireworks which are being stored in premises which are simply not suitable. If there are enough of them they could cause devastating explosions and I am greatly concerned about the health and safety of our firefighters." 31.10.2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/3230109.stm

Rogue traders get rocket
Trading Standards Officers swooped on a Burscough car boot sale and seized more than £5,000 - worth of illegal fireworks. Around 500 kg of dangerous fireworks were being sold from the backs of vans in Burscough. 30.10.2003
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/3300icormskirk/newsandsport/page.cfm?objectid=13573233&method=full&siteid=60252

Illegal fireworks linked to Ulster paramilitaries

Criminal gangs, with links to Irish loyalist paramilitary groups and the Real IRA, are believed to be behind a flood of illegal fireworks into Britain and the Irish Republic.

Security officials are on alert in the run-up to Halloween and Guy Fawkes Night and are already investigating the discovery in August of a 400-ton haul of illicit fireworks, the largest seizure ever made in Northern Ireland. They were stored in 12,000 boxes on 12 40ft container lorries found in a village in County Antrim. 26.10.2003 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/ulster/story.jsp?story=457298

Police seize firework van
Kirkby. Police have seized more than 50 kilos of fireworks which were sold illegally to youths from the back of a van. The haul includes industrial sized fireworks, including rockets and football-sized bangers.
People caught selling fireworks illegally from their home, vans or car boot sales can face eviction, prosecution with fines up to £5,000 and/or six months in prison. 24.10.2003
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=13552759&method=full&siteid=50061

Joint action over firework safety

Calderdale Campaign to stop the illegal sale of fireworks by Calderdale police teaming up with West Yorkshire Fire Service and West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service.

The aim is to stop fireworks falling into the hands of yobs who make people’s lives a misery by setting them off in the streets in the run-up to Halloween and Bonfire Night. 24.10.2003

http://ichuddersfield.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/page.cfm?objectid=13553186&method=full&siteid=50060

Huge increase in black market fireworks

South Yorkshire. Yesterday, 7 tons of allegedly illegal fireworks were discovered during a raid.

(More than 2000 tons of fireworks are being sold illegally in Britain, part of a growing black market in illicit explosives being targeted by police.) 19.10.2003

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=454835

Raid uncovers huge fireworks haul

Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Seven tons of allegedly illegal fireworks stored at a scrap yard in Boulder Bridge Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, have been discovered during a raid.

The raid was part of Operation Mischief which was launched this week to combat anti-social behaviour and specifically the misuse of fireworks. 18.10.2003  

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/south_yorkshire/3203720.stm

Fireworks haul bigges in UK

Cardiff/South Wales. 60 tonnes of illegally-stored fireworks have been seized - the biggest haul ever made in the UK. The huge stock of fireworks imported from the Far East is more than the entire stock helb by legally-registered stores the capital.

Firework laws state retailers can stock no more than 250kg fireworks at a time - meaning this haul would be enough to stock 240 shops. The Sydney New Year celebrations used tonnes of fireworks while London's Millennium celebrations involved 40 tonnes. 17.10.2003

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/content_objectid=13526113_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Fireworks-haul-biggest-in-UK-name_page.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3200722.stm

Black market firework danger
One in 10 fireworks being set of on Tyneside will have been bought on the black market.
Up to 200 tonnes of explosives, more than 10 lorry loads, will have been imported into the North East by bootleggers by November 5, claims the British Fireworks Association (BFA). 17.10.2003
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle/eveningchronicle/news/page.cfm?objectid=13525777&method=full&siteid=50081

Firework haul

Walton. Officers searched a house yesterday after being tipped off by nearby residents that it was being used as a base to sell illegal fireworks. More than a thousand illegal fireworks have been seized. 9.10.2003

http://www.merseyfire.gov.uk/pages/local_news/detail.asp?ID=294

Fireworks seized
Liverpool. More than 1,000 illegal fireworks have been seized yesterday in a raid on a house in Walton. Police believe the seized 1,400 fireworks, mainly high-powered rockets, were being sold to youths who were using them to carry out antisocial behaviour. 9.10.2003
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=13496344&method=full&siteid=50061

Shop bang to rights
A shopkeeper who illegally sold fireworks to a 12-year-old girl has been fined £1,800 by Newcastle magistrates, who found him guilty under the Firework Safety Regulations 1997 - part of the Consumer Protection Act. 29.9.2003 http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/eveningchronicle/eveningchronicle/page.cfm?objectid=13460623&method=full&siteid=50081

Fireworks fight gets new spark
Tyneside-based UK Fireworks warned rockets and bangers could be pushed on the black market if moves by Parliament to outlaw them 11 months of the year succeed.
The Government is backing a Private Member's Bill by Scottish MP Bill Tynan aimed at restricting firework sales to November and forcing an 11pm noise curfew to protect pensioners and pets. Laws on fireworks sales were tightened last year. Since November 6 2002 it has been illegal to sell air bombs and certain small rockets which used to be sold in millions. 16.1.2003
http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100local/page.cfm?objectid=12540254&method=full&siteid=50081

Officers seize boot sale fireworks
Fireworks illegally being offered at a car boot sale in north Warwickshire have been seized by trading standard officers. More than 30 boxes of fireworks, worth £650, were handed over to trading standards officers by the stall holder during Sunday's raid. 6.11.2002
http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0125nwarksnews/page.cfm?objectid=12341558&method=full&siteid=50003

Fireworks being sold to kids seized

Wythenshawe. Police have seized an arsenal of highly dangerous fireworks being sold to children on the black market. Officers discovered several hundred fireworks – including some so powerful they can only be sold to people with explosives training – being sold to youngsters from the back of a van and a car boot.

Up to half the explosives are extremely powerful Category Four display fireworks.

It is illegal to sell the fireworks to anyone who has not been trained in explosives. Less powerful fireworks can only be sold by people with a licence and may not be bought by anyone under the age of 18.

Insp Kevin Marriott, of Wythenshawe police, said: “…These fireworks are capable of causing severe injuries or could even kill.”

In one house, more than 50 kilos of the explosives were discovered and a further 136 kilos was found at another address and in a van. Several hundred more fireworks were also discovered in the boot of a car. The arsenal included illegal mortar bombs and four-foot long rockets so powerful they would easily kill a child. Hundreds of the fireworks were discovered in an alcove behind a front door. 31.10.2002

http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory=23081.html

Police seize 'dangerous' fireworks in dual raids
Fireworks described as "extremely dangerous" and worth around £10,000 have been seized in two separate raids by Merseyside police. In the first swoop, £6,000-worth of pyrotechnics were recovered from east Merseyside after police received several tip-offs. The second raid was in St. Helens, where police seized more than £3,000-worth of fireworks, described as "extremely dangerous with the potential to cause serious injury". 26.10.2001 http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11389356&method=full&siteid=50061

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USA

2,500 pounds of illegal fireworks recovered

Torrance/America. Police and firefighters raided a house in the 1600 block of Beech Avenue early today, recovering about 2,500 pounds of illegal fireworks that they said could have levelled the neighborhood had they exploded. The street value was believed to be $300,000 to $400,000. Two men were arrested.

Source: "Police seize $300,000 in fireworks, arrest 2", 1.7.2009, http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_12732762

7,000 pounds of fireworks seized in Copiague

Copiague, N.Y./America. Suffolk County police arrested a man for transporting 7,000 pounds of illegal fireworks into Long Island. Police stopped the truck on route 27 after receiving information from an ongoing New York Police Department investigation.

The man was charged with unlawful dealing with fireworks and received 12 summonses for safety and traffic violations. The truck and the fireworks were impounded. 1.6.2006

Source:

"L.I. Traffic stop nets 2.5 tons of fireworks" (with Video "Suffolk police impound 2.5 tons of fireworks in traffic stop" and pictures), 2.6.2006, http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/local_story_153131245.html

"7,000 pounds of fireworks seized in Copiague", 2.6.2006, http://www.longislandpress.com/?cp=162&show=article&a_id=8721

"Suffolk police nab 7,000 pounds of fireworks", 2.6.2006, http://1010wins.com/pages/42252.php?

18,000 pounds of fireworks seized in N.Y.

Westhampton Beach, N.Y. A truck carrying nine tons (18,000 pounds) of explosives was impounded on Sunrise Highway in Copiague after a specially trained police dog sniffed out the dangerous cargo. The truck was also dangerously overweight; its cargo manifest said it was carrying paper goods.

Had the truck been in an accident, Suffolk Police Commissioner said it would have exploded with the force of a 500-pound bomb, levelling anything within 300 yards and causing damage up to a quarter-mile away.

To demonstrate how powerful 18,000 pounds of fireworks could be, police exploded about 25 pounds of the sky rockets, roman candles and other fireworks inside a car at the department's firearms range in Westhampton. The car was destroyed in a massive fireball. (Look the pictures*). 22.5.2006

Source:

"18,000 pounds of fireworks seized from Long Island highway truck", 24.5.2006, http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--fireworksseized0524may24,0,4986716.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

*  "Nine tons of fireworks discovered in truck" (with images from the story), 24.5.2006, http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4202296

"Suffolk stops truck with 9 tons of explosives", 25.5.2006, http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liboom0525,0,1124641.story?coll=ny-linews-headlines

*  "Police dog sniffs out huge fireworks cache", 24.5.2006, http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_144131814.html (You can find on this site the video "Gigantic fireworks bust: watch cops blow it up")

"18,000 pounds of fireworks seized in N.Y.", 24.5.2006, http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2001983

Police confiscate tons of illegal fireworks

The Valinda seizure was the largest haul during an operation to crack down on illegal fireworks. 6.7., deputies showed the estimated 10,000 pounds of fireworks they seized from June 30 to July 4 in La Puente, Valinda, West Valinda and Bassett. They arrested 370 people; 320 for possessing illegal fireworks. 6.7.2005

http://www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2954419,00.html

Berlin fireworks bust has 'Durham Connection' 

Berlin/Connecticut. Agents from the FBI Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the state police ran into the garage of a Berlin home at 116 Robbins Road. The units then moved to a storage unit in Durham. The officers seized more than 60 cases of illegal explosives and 25 to 30 cases of illegal fireworks. Street value: more than $158,000. 30.6.2005

http://www.towntimes.com/articles/2005/07/08/news/local_news/news04.txt

A box of fireworks does not make a good car seat

Washington State Patrol Troopers pulled over a van (who was going south on I-5 near Castle Rock) and found that it was full of 48 cases of firecrackers, skyrockets and other illegal fireworks (weight: 1000 pounds, value: $12,000). The troopers found a 5-year-old child sitting on one box of fireworks between the driver and passenger seat and when they opened the side door, they found a woman and baby surroundes by 4 cartons of fireworks. 

The fireworks were confiscated and the driver faces charges of child endangerment, illegal possession of fireworks along with state and federal charges of transporting explosives without a commercial driver's license with Hazardous Materials. 16.6.2005

http://www.komotv.com/news/story_m.asp?ID=37458

14 tons of Chinese fireworks confiscated

Port of Tacoma. Nearly 28,000 pounds (more than 800 cartons) of fireworks were confiscated by State and federal agents yesterday. They said the fireworks were illegally imported to the state. Of the 830 cartons of Chinese fireworks, 130 cartons are believed to violate federal laws for consumer use, because they were marked for consumer sale despite being professional grade. The State Consumer Product Safety Commission will be testing the fireworks for explosiveness levels. The person importing the fireworks also lacked a proper state license. The fireworks were headed to an Indian reservation.

Quelle:

"14 tons of Chinese fireworks confiscated", 17.5.2005, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002277544_dige17m.html

"Agents seize fireworks found in random search", 17.5.2005, http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/4872012p-4469452c.html

O.C. Fireworks Cache found

Buena Park. Rudy Paul Olivas (42) was arrested after an anonymous phone call led police to a 2,000-pound cache of illegal fireworks in his apartment. He was expected to be charged with felony possession of illegal fireworks for sale in the wake of the discovery at his three-bedroome apartment. 6.5.2005

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fireworks6may06,1,5723649.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true 

California Firefighters Discover 15,000 Pounds of Illegal Fireworks

Los Angeles. Firefighters discovered a cache of illegal fireworks weighing more than 15,000 pounds at a storage facility in the Chinatown neighborhood Tuesday. About 200 people were evacuated from the building, and a bomb squad was sent in when the fireworks were found on the seventh and eighth floors of the building. Fire officials said the fireworks – which had a street value of about $200,000 – could have exploded in the rooms they were stored if the area had gotten too hot. 16.6.2004

http://cms.firehouse.com/content/article/article.jsp?id=31719&sectionId=46

Man pleads guilty to illegally importing fireworks

The vice president of Ham Produce Seafood Inc. pleaded guilty yesterday to importing large "display-type" aerial fireworks without a license. Sam Hugh also pleaded guilty to importing merchandise on the basis of false or fraudulent declaration.

U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo has said federal agents seized 466 cartons of "heavy explosive material" in June 2001 from the Ham Produce warehouse in Kalihi. Federal officials said the fireworks ranged from 2 inches to 12 inches in diameter and took up about 700 square feet of space in a loft at the company's warehouse. Officials said the seized fireworks were worth about $250,000 and could have only been sold legally to licensed fireworks display operators.

The importation charge carries a prison term of up to 10 years and a $250,000 fine. The falsifying documents charge is punishable by up to two years in prison and a $250,000 fine. 10.9.2003

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Sep/10/ln/ln43a.html

Illinois Man Sentenced for Selling Illegal Fireworks

U.S. District Court Judge Jeanne E. Scott sentenced 52-year-old Robert J. Carr, of Springfield, Ill., to 21 months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for illegally distributing explosive materials. Carr manufactured and sold illegal fireworks, commonly known as M-80's, quarter sticks, ping-pong balls, and other devices. Carr's business, Midwest Fireworks and Display Inc., of Mason City, Ill., sold these illegal devices in several states, including Illinois and Wisconsin.

"These illegal explosives are small bombs", said CPSC Chairman Ann Brown. "They can maim and even kill. We are gratified that by imposing these sentences, the court has endorsed our strong stand against the manufacture and sale of these deadly products." 7.9.2001

http://www.injuryboard.com/view.cfm/Article=794

http://www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PREREL/prhtml01/01226.html

Fireworks Sales Increase Despite Law

In the State of Florida, any fireworks which are "prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect by combustion, explosion, deflagration, or detonation" are illegal. BUT: While the law carries a fine of up to$1,000 and a prison term of one year, if the purchaser of the explosive plans to use the device to frighten birds, illuminate a railroad track, or facilitate a quarry operation, then the sale of such explosives is permitted.

Many curbside fireworks vendors sell explosives which are clearly illegal under the law. However, if a customer signs a form stating his or her intent to use the explosives to scare birds, lay railroad track, or dig a quarry, the sale can be legally consummated. 2.7.2001

http://www.injuryboard.com/view.cfm/Article=521

15 tons of seized fireworks create a hot problem for HPD

The Honolulu Police Department's crackdown on illegally sold fireworks has been so successful, it has created a new problem – what to do with the estimated 15 tons of firworks. 30.12.1999

http://starbulletin.com/1999/12/30/news/story4.html

Police charge Mililani woman with possession of illegal fireworks 

Police have seized an estimated $250,000 worth of fireworks from a Mililani home and arrested and charged a 52-year-old woman with the sale and possession of illegal aerial fireworks without a permit. Police yesterday said a back room of the woman's home was filled with fireworks and was being used as a display room.

"The volume that was recovered – if it was to have accidentally discharged – would have been a very real threat of death or serious bodily injury not only to the people within the house, but the immediate neighbors," said Major Stephen Kornegay of the Kalihi police station. 23.12.1999

http://starbulletin.com/1999/12/23/news/story7.html  

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DENMARK

Afghan Guy Fawkes

Dänemark. Five Afghani refugees have been arrested for setting up an illegal firework factory in the cellar of a building situated right by a suburban gas station. According to bomb experts, there was so much gunpowder lining the walls of the cellar that the slightest spark could have caused the building to blow up. In addition, 700 kilos of illegal fireworks were discovered in a garage in the vicinity. 16.11.2002

http://www.cphpost.dk/get/64939.html

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PAKISTAN

Man held in Pakistan firework probe

Irfan Memon, also known as Ameenuddin, a Pakistani businessman has been arrested on Tuesday in Karachi for illegally importing two containers of banned fireworks that explodes and killed 17 people last week. The containers exploded on 4 February as they were being inspected at a depot near the eastern town of Sialkot.

Customs authorities in Sialkot, unaware the container held fireworks, were examining it when it exploded, killing a customs inspector and his assistant. 

The importers had falsely listed the contents as plastic toys on their import documents. The fireworks had originated in China. The import of materials used in fireworks is banned. 12.2.2003

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2753701.stm

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GREECE

Fireworks crackdown

A total of six owners or employees of stores in different parts of Attica have been arrested after a total of 4,020 firecrackers and 3,254 fireworks of other kinds were confiscated. The seizures from the store in Petroupolis, Peristeri, Drapetsona, Galatsi and Moschato were part of a police crackdown on the illegal manufacture, trade and use of fireworks in the countdown to Orthodox Easter. 20.4.2005

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_politics_100018_21/04/2005_55473 

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CHINA

Illegal fireworks destroyed

Jan. 25, 2006, Shanghai city fire authorities destroyed more than 12,000 boxes of illicit pyrotechnics.

Jan. 23, 2006, the Shanghai Fire Control Bureau destroyed another 30,000 boxes of illegal fireworks worth about 6 million yuan (US$740,741).

Source: "Illicit fireworks destroyed in Shanghai", 26.1.2006, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-01/26/content_4102558.htm 

Police snuff out illegal fireworks

"Life threatening" illegal fireworks worth approximately half a million yuan (US$60,459) have been seized by Shanghai police. More than 2,000 boxes of fireworks were discovered in a raid on a storehouse in the Pudong New Area. Most of the fireworks were dangerous, including almost 1,000 explosive cubes the size of small TV sets and 1,100 bar-shaped fireworks about 1 meter high, which can easily cause injury. Most of the fireworks were from Central China's Hunan Province and East China's Jiangxi Province.

To deter people from the illegal pursuit, two dealers were put into a reform and re-education house last year. The city established a fund of 150,000 yuan (US$18,138) to award to people who report the making of illegal fireworks last year. This year, the amount of the fund has been raised to 2 million yuan (US241,838). 15.1.2002

http://service.china.org.cn/link/wcm/Show_Text?info_id=25311&p_qry=fireworks

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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

10t of firecrackers seized in Ajman

More than 10 tonnes of firecrackers were confiscated by Ajman police  during a campaign targeting outlets selling crackers illegally. Three groceries were shut down and the owners deported after they admitted to bringing the crackers into the country through the Dubai Sea Port. 15.10.2005

http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/October/theuae_October444.xml&section=theuae&col=

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INDIEN

17,000 kg illegally kept firecrackers seized 

New Delhi/India. Police have seized over 17,000 kg of firecrackers, worth about Rs 35 lakh, stored at various godowns in the capital and nabbed two youths in this connection.

Earlier this week, police have arrested three persons and recovered over 10,000 kg of illegal firecrackers worth Rs 25 lakh in two separate cases. 4.10.2006 

Source: "17,000 kg illegally kept fire crackers seized; two nabbed", 4.10.2006, http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=327011&sid=REG

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NEPAL

700 kg firecrackers busted in Kathmandu

Nepal. The police recovered 700 kg of unclaimed firecrackers from the roof of a bus carrying Indian tourists at the Thankot check point on October 1, 2009. The firecrackers, worth at least Rs. 400,000, were stuffed in five gunny bags and were concealed as vegetables. – Firecrackers have been deemed illegal in Nepal.

Source: "700 kg firecrackers busted in Kathmandu", 2.10.2009, http://www.ekantipur.com/news/news-detail.php?news_id=300896

End of the English part of this site / back to the site "Accidents"

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DEUTSCHLAND

70 Kilo Sprengstoff und Feuerwerkskörper sichergestellt!

Althütte (im Schwäbischen Wald)/Deutschland. Bei einer Razzia hat die Polizei im Haus eines Handwerkers 70 Kilo Sprengstoff und Feuerwerkskörper sichergestellt. Das in Eimern und Kisten gelagerte Material ist nach Angaben des Landeskriminalamts ein Initialsprengstoff, der bei kleinsten Belastungen – Druck oder Wärme – explodiert.

Quelle: "Knapp an Katastrophe vorbei", 11.7.2008, http://www.morgenweb.de/nachrichten/politik/20080711_srv0000002842518.html

100 Tonnen illegaler Feuerwerkskörper beschlagnahmt!

Lahn (Kreis Emsland)/Deuschland. Insgesamt 100 Tonnen illegaler Feuerwerkskörper haben deutsche und niederländische Behörden bei einer Durchsuchungsaktion in Munitionsbunkern des ehemaligen amerikanischen Militärdepots sichergestellt.

Quelle: "Polizei beschlagnahmt 100 Tonnen illegaler Feuerwerkskörper", 10.7.2008, http://www.ad-hoc-news.de/Aktuelle-Nachrichten/de/18226327/Polizei+beschlagnahmt+100+Tonnen+illegaler

Junge bunkert 42 Kilo Feuerwerkskörper

Göppingen/Deutschland. Polizeibeamte fanden fast 42 Kilogramm Feuerwerkskörper im Kinderzimmer eines 13-Jährigen. Das explosive Gemisch wurde beschlagnahmt und von Spezialisten des Landeskriminalamts "entschärft".

Quelle: "Explosive Leidenschaft: Junge bunkert 42 Kilo Feuerwerkskörper", 10.3.2008, http://www.zeit.de/news/artikel/2008/03/10/2492113.xml

Zweieinhalb Tonnen Böller beschlagnahmt

Hamburg/Deutschland. Polizisten haben in einem illegalen Lagerraum in der City Nord rund 2,5 Tonnen Feuerwerkskörper beschlagnahmt. Sie fanden die Böller in einem Lager am Mexikoring. Oberhalb der Räume befinden sich etwa 200 Wohnungen.

Gegen den Verantwortlichen wurde ein Strafverfahren wegen des unerlaubten Umgangs mit sowie der Lagerung von explosionsgefährlichen Stoffen eingeleitet. 15.12.2005

Quelle:

"Illegales Lager mit Feuerwerkskörpern ausgehoben", 15.12.2005, http://linkszeitung.de/content/view/5460/72/ 

"Illegales Sprengstofflager in Hamburg-Winterhude entdeckt", 15.12.2005, http://www.presseportal.de/polizeipresse/p_story.htx?nr=762803 

"Zweieinhalb Tonnen Böller in Wohnhaus entdeckt", 16.12.2005, http://www.welt.de/data/2005/12/16/818379.html

Verschärfte Kontrollen entlarvten zahlreiche Feuerwerkschmuggler

Um dem Schmuggel auf die Schliche zu kommen, führen die Grenzpolizei und Beamten der Steuer- und Zollbehörde seit Mittwoch an der deutsch-dänischen Grenze verstärkt Kontrollen durch. Diese erfolgen vor allem auch vor dem Hintergrund der verheerenden Explosion in der Koldinger Feuerwerksfabrik Anfang November.

Wurden im vergangenen Jahr nur 16 Bussgelder fürs illegale Einführen ausgesprochen, verzeichnete die Grenzpolizei bis zum gestrigen Nachmittag bereits an die 40 Vergehen.

Die meisten der erwischten Personen mussten abhängig vom Einkaufwert der Ware ein Bussgeld in Höhe von 1000 Kronen entrichten und die Feuerwerkskörper wurden von den Ordnungshütern beschlagnahmt. 1.1.2004

http://www.nordschleswiger.dk/artikel/10352

Polizei beschlagnahmt hunderte Kilogramm Feuerwerk

Berlin. Bei den Ueberprüfungen durch den Gewerbeaussendienst beim Landeskriminalamt wurden von Montag bis gestern 665 Kilogramm Knaller sichergestellt. Rund 12'000 Kilogramm Feuerwerkskörper mussten umgelagert werden. Erheblich angestiegen ist die Zahl der Verstösse gegen die Lagerungsbestimmungen sowie gegen die Abgabe von Feuerwerk an Kinder und Jugendliche. 1.1.2004

http://www.e110.de/artikel/detail.cfm?pageid=67&id=59147

Die unberechenbaren Knaller

Lichtenberg. Die Polizei hat mehr als 300 Kilogramm Feuerwerk beschlagnahmt, das in Deutschland nicht zugelassen ist. Die aus Polen eingeschmuggelten Böller waren am Sonntag in einem Asia-Markt entdeckt worden. Gegen den Ladeninhaber und vier Angestellte wird wegen Verstosses gegen das Sprengstoffgesetz ermittelt. Ihnen droht eine Geld- oder Haftstrafe. 30.12.2003

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2003/1230/lokales/0006/index.html?keywords=Feuerwerk%20Feuerwerksk%F6rper;ok=OK%21;match=strict;author=;ressort=;von=1.1.2003;bis=7.1.2004;mark=feuerwerk%20feuerwerksk%F6rper

Gefährliche Fracht – 1000 Kilo Feuerwerkskörper beschlagnahmt

Lichtenberg. In einem Gemüsegeschäft an der Siegfriedstrasse beschlagnahmte die Polizei am Sonnabend mehr als 500 Kilo unsachgemäss gelagerter Feuerwerkskörper. Die Polizei beschlagnahmte ebenfalls sich in einem vor dem Laden abgestellten Kleintransporter befindendenden 500 Kilo Feuerwerkskörper und schrieb eine Strafanzeige. 30.12.2002

http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/archiv2002/021230/berlin/story573297.html

Verbotene Silvester-Bomben beschlagnahmt

Frankfurt. <<Have a nice day>>. – Einen schönen Tag – steht auf den Sprengkörpern, die Handgranaten ähneln. <<Wer diese Dinger zündet, hat wohl das letzte Mal einen schönen Tag>>, sagt Klaus Schade. Der stellvertretende Zollvorsteher am Frankfurter Grenzübergang Stadtbrücke weist auf eine andere Kiste...Verbotene Feuerwerkskörper kassiert der Zoll zwar seit Jahren regelmässig im Dezember, aber <<solche Kaliber Marke Eigenbau>> seien ihm neu, sagt Schade... 19.12.2002

http://morgenpost.berlin1.de/archiv2002/021219/brandenburg/story571244.html

Grosser Feuerwerk-Schmuggel im Freihafen

Die Hamburger Polizei hat in den vergangenen sechs Wochen im Freihafen acht Container voll hochexplosivem Grossfeuerwerk entdeckt, die vorsätzlich falsch deklariert worden waren. 

Eigentlich hätten nur Knallfrösche und China-Böller in den Containern sein dürfen, die Hafensicherheitsbeamte kontrollierten. Stattdessen förderten die Polizisten kugelförmige, dreieinhalb Kilogramm schwere Effekt-Bomben mit einem Durchmesser von 25 Zentimetern zu Tage. 12 5.2001 http://www.welt.de/daten/2001/05/12/0512h1253206.htx?search=Feuerwerksk%F6rper+Unfall&searchHILI=1

Feuerwerkskörper in Deutschland illegal gelagert 

Kontrollen in Bayern und Hessen haben bewiesen: Auch in Deutschland werden Großfeuerwerkskörper illegal gelagert. Die Raketen vom Typ "Blitzbombe" waren falsch oder gar nicht klassifiziert. Die Sprengkörper dieses Typs führten im Mai 2000 zur Explosionskatastrophe im niederländischen Enschede. 19.3.2001

http://www.bbv-net.de/news/boulevard/2001-0310/feuerwerk.html

5 Tonnen Feuerwerk beschlagnahmt

Am Donnerstag beschlagnahmte die Polizei in Marzahn 5 (!) Tonnen Silvesterfeuerwerk. Die Böller und Raketen lagerten in einem Gebäude, in dem maximal eine Tonne Feuerwerk aufbewahrt werden darf. 

Polizei und Feuerwehr warnten am Donnerstag erneut vor Knallern, die in Deutschland nicht zugelassen sind. Diese Knaller enthalten mit 40 Gramm doppelt so viel Sprengstoff wie maximal in Deutschland pro Feuerwerkskörper zugelassen. Die bei der Explosion ausgelöste Druckwelle ist mit 2 000 Meter pro Sekunde bis viermal stärker als bei herkömmlichen Knallern. 29.12.2000 Berliner Zeitung

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/2000/1229/lokales/0133/index.html?keywords=Feuerwerksk%F6rper;ok=OK%21;match=strict;author=;ressort=;von=1.1.1980;bis=26.8.2003;mark=feuerwerksk%F6rper;start=60

Report Mainz am 22. Mai 2000 im Ersten "Illegale Lagerung von Feuerwerkskörpern in Deutschland"
Neun Tage sind vergangen seit dem Inferno von Enschede. Die Explosion einer Feuerwerksfabrik legte ein ganzes Wohnviertel in Schutt und Asche. Die Zahl der Todesopfer ist inzwischen auf 18 gestiegen. Vier Menschen werden noch immer vermisst. Bei uns in Deutschland, hieß es gleich nach dem Unglück, könne so etwas nicht passieren, die Auflagen seien einfach viel strenger. Das stimmt. Und trotzdem gibt es auch hier Schlupflöcher, und es gibt gewissenlose Geschäftemacher. Drei illegale Lager mit mehreren Tonnen Feuerwerkskörpern wurden in den letzten Tagen entdeckt. Eines davon in Bad Bentheim. http://www.feuerwehr-badbentheim.de/presseberichte.htm#22 und http://www.rp-online.de/news/boulevard/2000-0517/enschede_deutschland.html 

100 Tonnen illegaler Sprengstoff für Feuerwerkskörper beschlagnahmt

Deutsche und niederländische Fahnder haben 100 Tonnen illegalen Sprengstoff für Feuerwerkskörper aus China beschlagnahmt, davon 23 Tonnen in Berlin. Der Sprengstoff wurde bei Durchsuchungen einer Importfirma in Köpenick und Treptow entdeckt. 26.11.1999 Berliner Zeitung

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-zeitung/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1999/1126/lokales/0228/index.html?keywords=Feuerwerksk%F6rper;ok=OK%21;match=strict;author=;ressort=;von=2.4.1994;bis=26.8.2003;mark=feuerwerksk%F6rper;start=80

1997: 11 Tonnen Feuerwerkskörper beschlagnahmt, die entweder unsachgemäss gelagert oder illegal eingeführt worden waren 

Berlin. Polizeisprecher Klaus Schubert: "Im vorigen Jahr waren es noch 1,2 Tonnen." Besonders schlimm: Von 484 überprüften Läden hielten 103 die Vorschriften nicht ein. Schubert: "Hauptsächlich wurden die vorgeschriebenen Lagermengen überschritten." Es gab 40 Anzeigen. 31.12.1997

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1997/1231/lokales/0080/index.html?keywords=Feuerwerksk%F6rper;ok=OK%21;match=strict;author=;ressort=;von=2.4.1994;bis=27.8.2003;mark=feuerwerksk%F6rper;start=60

Pulverfass unter der Bank: 7 Tonnen Böller im Keller

Die Räume unter der Bankfiliale hatte Geschäftsmann H. aus Reinickendorf angemietet und als Lager genutzt. Dort hortete er tonnenweise hochexplosive China-Kracher im Gesamtwert von 250'000 Mark. Die 450 Kartons mit "heißer Ware" sollten zu Silvester in drei Geschäften verkauft werden. Die rund ein Dutzend Hausbewohner, die Mitarbeiter der Bank und die Kunden entgingen haarscharf einer Katastrophe. Bauarbeiter sollten im Keller ein neues Stahl-Tor anbringen. Als sie dazu mit ihren Schweißarbeiten beginnen wollten, entdeckten sie im letzten Moment den gelagerten "Zündstoff" und alarmierten Gewerbeaufsichtsamt und Polizei.

Ein Sprengstoff-Experte: "Schon eine Tonne von den China-Krachern hätte ausgereicht, um das gesamte Wohnhaus in die Luft zu sprengen." 16.12.1997

http://www.berlinonline.de/berliner-kurier/archiv/.bin/dump.fcgi/1997/1216/lokales/0011/index.html?keywords=Feuerwerksk%F6rper;ok=OK%21;match=strict;author=;ressort=;von=2.4.1994;bis=27.8.2003;mark=feuerwerksk%F6rper;start=80

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Explosives Lager am Nordbahnhof

Wien. 66 Tonnen Feuerwerkskörper waren in einer dafür nicht geeigneten Halle am Nordbahnhof in Wien gelagert. Erst als Unbekannte die Halle aufbrachen und der Inhaber, eine Speditionsfirma, Anzeige erstattete, wurde das explosive Lager entdeckt. Die Feuerwerkskörper, die in Oesterreich gar nicht zugelassen sind, wurden nie abgeholt und sollen deswegen entweder nach China zurückgeschickt werden (woher sie geliefert wurden) oder vom Bundesheer entsorgt werden. 14.7.2001

http://www.diepresse.com/Artikel.aspx?channel=c&ressort=c%20%20%20&id=76914&archiv=true

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