{"id":34653,"date":"2025-07-03T06:57:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34653\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T06:57:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T06:57:07","slug":"police-seize-10000-pounds-of-illegal-aerial-fireworks-in-phelan-nbc-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/34653\/","title":{"rendered":"Police seize 10,000 pounds of illegal aerial fireworks in Phelan \u2013 NBC Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in the Inland Empire seized 10,000 pounds of illegal aerial fireworks that were concealed inside a shipping container in the city of Phelan.<\/p>\n<p>During a traffic stop on June 27, San Bernardino PD officers discovered a &#8220;significant quantity&#8221; of illegal fireworks and $5,400 in cash inside the vehicle, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Upon their findings, the officers searched the suspect&#8217;s residence in Phelan, where they discovered a 25-foot shipping container packed with thousands of pounds of illegal fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>A Draco AK-47-style assault weapon was also recovered from inside the home, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was arrested with multiple charges related to the possession and sale of illegal fireworks, according to the San Bernardino PD.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities assisted with the safe removal of the explosives.<\/p>\n<p>The seizure happened just days before 4th of July pyrotechnics are set to light up the skies across Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As Independence Day approaches, the San Bernardino Police Department reminds the community that illegal fireworks are not only dangerous but pose a significant public safety hazard,&#8221; wrote the San Bernardino PD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in the Inland Empire seized 10,000 pounds of illegal aerial fireworks that were concealed inside a shipping&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,28579,2961,224,5337,17748],"class_list":{"0":"post-34653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-inland-empire","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-san-bernardino-county"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114788004338445569","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}