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Yonkers Police Seize About $3,500 Worth Of Illegal Fireworks In 2 Investigations

YONKERS, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) -- The number of complaints of illegal firework activity have gone up in Yonkers, and police are cracking down.

Yonkers Police say they received an anonymous complaint about someone storing and selling illegal fireworks.

When officers went to the apartment Monday, they saw empty fireworks boxes in the trash.

Police seized over $3,000 worth of fireworks from the apartment. The 31-year-old resident was detained.

Fireworks are illegal in the City of Yonkers! Just yesterday, the YPD made two very large seizures of illegal...

Posted by Yonkers Police Department on Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Later Monday, officers conducted a traffic stop and found illegal fireworks worth several hundred dollars in the vehicle.

The driver was issued a summons.

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