Crime & Safety
Feds Seize Stockpile Of Fireworks In Malden
The ATF said the fireworks were found during a drug and weapons investigation.
MALDEN, MA – Federal agents seized a large cache of fireworks from a home in Malden Tuesday morning. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives filled three SUVs with boxes of fireworks pulled from a home on Judson Street, NBC Boston reported.
The ATF said the fireworks were found during the execution of a federal search warrant and were not intended to be the target of the investigation. The warrant was for firearms and narcotics, the agency said.
The investigation is ongoing. No arrests have been made.
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