State Police seize thousands of illegal fireworks

Illegal fireworks worth about $250,000 was seized from a Danbury home by State Police on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Illegal fireworks worth about $250,000 was seized from a Danbury home by State Police on Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Photo: Connecticut State Police Photo: Connecticut State Police Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close State Police seize thousands of illegal fireworks 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

DANBURY — State Police this week seized nearly a quarter-million dollars worth of illegal fireworks, enough to fill four trailers.

About 5 p.m. on Wednesday, detectives from the state police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit executed a search warrant as part of an investigation begun after a June 30 complaint from the Danbury fire marshal.

A search of a single-family home and a storage barn in Danbury turned up an extraordinary amount of illegal fireworks, explosives and IEDs.