$250K worth of fireworks seized from illegal operation in Brooklyn
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BROOKLYN - Fireworks worth about $250,000 were confiscated by the FDNY from an illegal fireworks operation run out of a warehouse in Flatbush.
$250k worth of fireworks
What we know:
FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced yesterday, June 28, that Fire Marshals have arrested a Brooklyn business owner for the sale of illegal fireworks.
Everbright Trading Co. owner Lisen Pan was arrested for allegedly selling the fireworks, according to a Brooklyn District Attorney's Office criminal complaint.
Suffolk County police officers brought Pan to the FDNY's attention after informing the department that they had arrested a man who told them he had purchased illegal fireworks from the business.
The investigation was a collaborative effort between the FDNY, the Bureau of Fire Prevention and the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, officials said.
Over 1,000 illegal fireworks, worth about $250,000, were seized, and Pan has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks.
"Fireworks are dangerous and life-threatening, and they have no place in the hands of the public," Tucker said.
The case will be prosecuted by the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office.
The Source: This article includes information from a press release from the New York City Fire Department.