In the weeks leading up to America’s 250th birthday celebration this weekend, law enforcement officials have been busy scouring Southern California, finding and seizing illegal fireworks by the ton.
From East Los Angeles to the High Desert, authorities have been cracking down on prohibited pyrotechnics, racking up dozens of arrests.
7.5 tons of illegal fireworks seized in San Bernardino County
The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced the results of its enforcement campaign thus far on Thursday, July 2.
Deputies from the department’s Specialized Enforcement Detail have been partnering with the Arson/Bomb Detail and San Bernardino County Fire Department arson investigators to snuff out illegal fireworks use and sales throughout the county since April, according to the agency…