"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."
""This birthday party was a 'blast'," Berlin police said in the Facebook post. In the statement, police urged residents to look at the safety advice for New Year's Eve in a broschure provided by the BAM research institute. Police said none of the fireworks appeared to be illegal, but the quantity stored in a residential building violated safety rules. Police said storage limits are set out in the second ordinance to the Explosives Act."
Police seized 330 kilograms of fireworks from a residential basement on Landsberger Allee in Berlin after a man bragged at a Christmas party that he stored and occasionally sold large quantities. A guest alerted authorities and, with prosecutors' approval, officers searched and cleared the basement during a raid on the man's birthday. Police said the fireworks did not appear illegal but the quantity violated storage limits set by the second ordinance to the Explosives Act, which depend on building type and occupancy. Fireworks sales are legally limited to December 29–31 in Germany amid growing calls for a ban.
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