"Police have seized 330 kilograms (about 730 pounds) of fireworks from a man's basement on Berlin's Landsberger Allee after he bragged about the stash at a Christmas party. According to a Facebook post by police, the man told guests he kept large quantities of fireworks in his basement and occasionally sold some of them. One guest alerted authorities. With approval from prosecutors, officers searched the apartment and cleared out the basement in a raid that took place on the man's birthday."
"Fireworks controversial in Germany Fireworks can only be sold legally from December 29 to December 31 in Germany. Public concerns about violent incidents involving fireworks, unintentional injuries and animal welfare have been growing in the country. The sales are not universally popular, with an unusual coalition of medical experts, police officers, environmental and animal rights activists calling for a general ban. After a New Year's Eve marked by deaths and injuries last time around, 270,000 Germans signed an online petition"
Police seized 330 kilograms of fireworks from a basement on Berlin's Landsberger Allee after a resident bragged about the stash at a Christmas party and a guest alerted authorities. Prosecutors approved a search and officers cleared the basement during a raid on the man's birthday. Police said the fireworks did not appear illegal but that the volume breached residential storage rules set out in the second ordinance to the Explosives Act, which depends on risk factors such as building type and occupancy. Fireworks sales in Germany are restricted to December 29–31 amid growing safety, injury and animal welfare concerns and calls for a ban.
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