COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KOAA) — We are less than a month away from the 4th of July, and the Colorado Springs Police Department is reminding people that fireworks are illegal within city limits following a recent seizure.
CSPD says their office seized several thousand dollars worth of illegal fireworks they believe were bought in a neighboring state.
The seizure happened in a neighborhood along Adieu Circle on the east side of Colorado Springs.
Officers say that at the home, they found hundreds of aerial display fireworks, mortars, and bottle rockets.
As a reminder, it is unlawful for any person to possess, store, to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail or use or explode any fireworks within the city of Colorado Springs (with the exception of paper caps for toy guns, and other paper cap fireworks containing no more than 1/2500 grain of explosive content per cap). An arrestee will have a mandatory court appearance, and conviction may carry a fine of up to $2,500 and/or 189 days in jail.
The department did not clarify whether or not the individual in possession
of the fireworks was cited.
To learn more about what is and is not allowed in Colorado Springs, watch our coverage on the issue below.
Watch Who Enforces Colorado Springs' firework ban
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