Suffolk County Police Department Third Precinct Crime Section officers seized more than 1,500 fireworks from a shipping facility in Bay Shore on the afternoon of Monday, June 17.
Following a tip …
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Suffolk County Police Department Third Precinct Crime Section officers seized more than 1,500 fireworks from a shipping facility in Bay Shore on the afternoon of Monday, June 17.
Following a tip to the Third Precinct, Crime Section officers responded to a shipping warehouse in Bay Shore, the location of which is not being released due to an ongoing investigation, that had received a shipment of illegal fireworks to be shipped to a business in Suffolk County on a later date.
On scene, officers seized a pallet containing 13 boxes of fireworks. The boxes held 1,500 fireworks with an estimated street value of approximately $5,000.
The investigation into the fireworks is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact Third Precinct Crime Section officers at 631-854-8326. Tips about the sale of illegal fireworks can be made anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-220-TIPS.
