Authorities seize thousands of Easter fireworks

Authorities seized thousands of firecrackers, flares and fireworks up of Easter and arrested 93 radical pursuing inspections, constabulary said.

From March 7, when inspections began, done Wednesday, April 8, officers carried retired 27,027 checks and recorded 79 violations. Among the items recovered and confiscated were 105,762 firecrackers, 44,139 fireworks, 6,975 explosive devices, 1,439 pyrotechnic mechanisms, 452 devices, 163 flares, 149 sparklers and 27,167.64 grams of earthy materials.

On Wednesday, constabulary conducted a sweep under the cognition codenamed “Spark-Down.” Authorities performed 3,660 checks, made 23 arrests and recorded 22 violations. During the operation, officers seized 49,564 firecrackers, 41,447 fireworks, 6,370 explosive devices, 152 flares, 127 mechanisms, 114 sparklers and 2,761 grams of earthy materials.

Arrests were besides made successful Corinth, successful Lasithi successful Crete, successful Messinia successful the Peloponnese and successful Attica, pursuing the find of astir 8,000 contraband pyrotechnics successful total.