$250K worth of fireworks seized from illegal operation in Brooklyn

The Brief

  • Over 1,000 fireworks, worth about $250,000, were confiscated by the FDNY from an illegal fireworks operation run out of a warehouse in Flatbush.
  • Everbright Trading Co.’s on-site manager, Lisen Pan, was arrested for allegedly selling the fireworks.
  • Pan has been charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, reckless endangerment in the second degree and unlawfully dealing with fireworks and dangerous fireworks.

BROOKLYN Fireworks worth about $250,000 were confiscated by the FDNY from an illegal fireworks operation run out of a warehouse in Flatbush.

$250k worth of fireworks

What we know:

FDNY Commissioner Robert S. Tucker announced yesterday, June 28, that Fire Marshals have arrested a Brooklyn business owner for the sale of illegal fireworks.

Everbright Trading Co. owner Lisen Pan was arrested for allegedly selling the fireworks, according to a Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office criminal complaint.

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