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GARDAร have warned that prosecutions will follow the seizure of 12ย boxes of fireworks valued at โฌ2,000 from a car that wasย stopped in Clarina last week. Aย file is now being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions after two men, aged in their 20s and 30s were arrested and questioned at Henry Street Garda Station.
Crime Prevention Officer Sergt Ber Leetchย said that โfireworks can cause serious risk and distress to neighbours, pets and animals. They canย seriously injure hands, face and hearing as well as causing permanent scarring, loss of fingers and third-degree burns.ย Theyย are illegal and there are serious penalties for their possession including a โฌ10,000 fine and/or five years in prison.โ