District of Cham - Police stop car with illegal firecrackers
Three teenagers and a man were caught by police on their way to Germany near Furth im Wald (district of Cham) with illegal firecrackers from the Czech Republic in their car. The 18-year-old, two 15-year-olds and a 16-year-old admitted to the investigators that they had bought New Year's Eve firecrackers in the Czech Republic, as the police reported on Tuesday. The officers confiscated a total of 184 firecrackers on Saturday. The four people involved are facing criminal proceedings under the Explosives Act and the Tax Code. They will also have to pay for the disposal.
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- In response to the incident in Furth im Wald, authorities in Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, have increased surveillance on the German-Czech border to prevent similar incidents of criminality involving illegal firecrackers.
- The confiscated firecrackers were reportedly meant to be sold in the District of Cham for New Year's Eve celebrations, potentially leading to further incidents of criminality.
- Controversially, it was reported that some local residents of the Czech Republic accuse the German police of being too strict with their firecracker laws, encouraging smuggling into Germany.
- Police in Germany have been collaborating with their counterparts in the Czech Republic to combat this issue, as incidents of illegal firecrackers have become a recurring issue during major events like New Year's Eve.
- In a separate incident, German authorities in the district of Cham arrested a man for selling counterfeit car parts, allegedly sourced from the Czech Republic, which could be considered a form of economic criminality within the European Union.
Source: www.stern.de
