Overview

• Ghaziabad police sealed two Bhojpur godowns and seized about 344,000 kg of banned firecrackers worth roughly ₹6.25 crore, arresting three under the Explosives Act and related provisions.
• Uttar Pradesh DGP Rajeev Krishna ordered statewide inspections to identify and seize unlicensed firecrackers and raw materials, with violators facing up to five years’ imprisonment or a ₹1 lakh fine.
• Lucknow’s Operation Prahar reported multiple raids and tonnage-scale seizures from residential and semi-urban units, with officials flagging cross-district supply lines that move concealed consignments into the city.
• The Mohali administration sealed 50 unlicensed shops in Kurali after field reporting exposed large-scale illegal sales, with traders initially blocking roads before officials pledged document verification.
• Gurugram and Faridabad police intensified road checks and market inspections, seizing hundreds of kilograms of illegal stock, arresting suspects, and even uncovering a manufacturing unit in Sector 49.