Illegal fireworks seizure Dinteloord garage box, Digi Mart USA News (Dinteloord, Netherlands): Police in Dinteloord, in the Dutch province of North Brabant, have found nearly 10,000 cobra fireworks in a garage box on De Vriesstraat this week. Boxes of avalanche arrows and kilograms of heavy shells were also discovered at the location.
Police said two people have been arrested. A 25-year-old man from Dinteloord was detained on Wednesday evening, and a 42-year-old man from Steenbergen was arrested on Friday evening, according to the report published Saturday.
In total, more than 750 kilograms of heavy, illegal fireworks were seized, along with expensive jewelry and a car. Police also found an alarm pistol, 90 grams of cannabis, 800 grams of hashish and more than 250 pills.
Police had been investigating the possible storage and trade of illegal fireworks for some time following a report. The seized fireworks contain large quantities of explosive flash powder.
Police warned that a possible explosion could have disastrous consequences for the surrounding streets. Specialists have removed the fireworks.
This is not the only large seizure of cobra fireworks in the province this week. During a house search on Ahornstraat and Lange Bedde in Breda on Thursday, police found 710 cobra fireworks, 37 shells and cash.
Two men were arrested: a 26-year-old man from Breda and a 21-year-old man from Roosendaal.
