Police seize firecrackers from a makeshift manufacturing unit in San Ildefonso city, Bulacan, on Sunday for working with out permits and license, as authorities intensify their marketing campaign towards unlawful makers of fireworks and pyrotechnic gadgets. —(Bulacan Police Photograph)
MANILA, Philippines — An individual was injured in an unlawful firearms discharge incident a couple of days earlier than New Yr’s, the Philippine Nationwide Police mentioned Tuesday.
As of 6 a.m. Tuesday, the PNP reported seven instances of unlawful firearms discharge, with 5 firearms confiscated.
Nevertheless, authorities haven’t recorded any casualties resulting from stray bullets.
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Unlawful Firecrackers Seized
In the meantime, the PNP confiscated 190,390 pesos value of unlawful firecrackers nationwide.
Confiscated firecrackers embrace piccolo, poppop, five-star, pla-pla, judas belt, “sawa,” and others.
The Division of Well being has discouraged the usage of firecrackers throughout vacation celebrations.
As a substitute, the DOH urged the general public to make use of different noise-making strategies and inspired native governments to arrange neighborhood fireworks shows.
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