MARINE POLICE SEIZE OVER RM100,000 WORTH OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN SITIAWAN

IPOH, Jan 28 (Bernama) -- The Region One Marine Police Force arrested a local man and seized various types of fireworks, estimated to be worth RM105,400, during a raid at a house in Taman Rasa Sayang near Sitiawan yesterday.

Its commander, ACP Jaffri Bidin said the 44-year-old man was detained at about 4 pm following information received from the public, before further inspections found several boxes of fireworks stored in the kitchen area of the house as well as inside a van.

“The man admitted that he did not possess any valid licence to own or store the fireworks, and had been using the house as a storage facility for the past two weeks to sell the items in the Sitiawan area, ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year.

“Among the types of fireworks seized were ‘happy boom red cracker’, ‘happy boom assorted celebration cake repeater’, ‘happy boom shoot cake’ and ‘happy boom celebration red fire cracker’,” he said in a statement today.

He said the seized fireworks, along with a Toyota Hiace van, were taken to the Marine Police Force Operations Base in Kampung Acheh, Sitiawan for documentation purposes, before being handed over to the Manjung police headquarters' Criminal Investigation Department for investigation under the Explosives Act 1957.

“Marine Police Force welcomes information from the public to curb any illegal fireworks trading activities. Any information related to unlawful activities can be channelled to the Marine Police Force Operations Base in Kampung Acheh via the hotline 05-6916999,” he added.

-- BERNAMA