Read more about the article FLARE WELL: Europol Op Leads To Seizure Of GBP 22 Million Of Illegal Fireworks From China
Image shows storages with illegal pyrotechnics, undated photo. The police have seized over 350 tonnes of illegal fireworks worth over EUR 25 million (GBP 22 million) in Germany and the Netherlands. (Polizei Osnabruck/Newsflash)
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FLARE WELL: Europol Op Leads To Seizure Of GBP 22 Million Of Illegal Fireworks From China

Europol has dismantled a criminal network involved illegal firework trafficking worth over GBP 22 million with the help of German and Dutch authorities. https://youtu.be/iKkN_m5VR3E The two-year-long investigation uncovered a Dutch criminal network associated with large-scale trafficking of dangerous and highly explosive fireworks. Experts from the German Regional Police (Landespolizei Osnabruck),…

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November 11, 2022
Read more about the article WHISKY BUSINESS: Influencer Burns Down 250 Football Pitches Of Forest With Fireworks To Promote Booze
Lucas da Silva Simplicio, poses in undated photo. He is suspected of setting fire to the Parque Estadual Serra do Rola Moca, Brazil, on Sep. 15, 2022. (Newsflash)
Crime / Social Media

WHISKY BUSINESS: Influencer Burns Down 250 Football Pitches Of Forest With Fireworks To Promote Booze

There is widespread outrage in Brazil after a 29-year-old influencer allegedly burnt 250 football pitches of forest while setting off fireworks to promote his whisky business. It reportedly took 100 firefighters and other emergency crews two days to put out the blaze. The massive fire was started near Belo Horizonte,…

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October 19, 2022
Read more about the article CASTAWAY: Missing Dog Scared By Fireworks Found After It Swam To Remote Island Four Months Ago
Animals

CASTAWAY: Missing Dog Scared By Fireworks Found After It Swam To Remote Island Four Months Ago

A pet dog who disappeared after being frightened by New Year's Eve fireworks has been found by a fisherman after she apparently jumped in the water and carried on swimming until she reached a remote island almost three miles away. Mel the pooch fled from her home, where she had…

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May 11, 2022
Read more about the article Moment Fireworks Transported By Van On A Motorway Explode Causing Traffic Jam
Fireworks explosion after a heavy-duty van transporting them collides with another vehicle in the Yiyang section of Chang-Zhang Expressway in Hunan, China. (hamal_9527/AsiaWire)
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Moment Fireworks Transported By Van On A Motorway Explode Causing Traffic Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-DmIrUw4Ws This is the moment fireworks being transported by a van on a motorway go off in a cloud of smoke after a rear-end collision and cause a traffic jam. The incident took place on the Hunan Expressway, also known as the Changsha-Zhangjiajie Expressway, which connects the cities of Changsha…

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January 25, 2022
Read more about the article Drunk Reveller Rushes Outside With Fireworks After Lighting Them Indoors Because It Was Cold Outside
A man launched fireworks inside of a building in Khabarovsk, Russia on 1st January 2022. (Newsflash)
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Drunk Reveller Rushes Outside With Fireworks After Lighting Them Indoors Because It Was Cold Outside

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBMEKyU_91E This is the moment a drunk reveller rushes outside with a box of lit fireworks after thinking it was a good idea to light them indoors, as it was cold outside. The 52-year-old man, name not reported, was reportedly drunk at the time and in a festive mood, so…

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January 4, 2022