Overview
- Police shut a Groenlo fireworks retailer, seized about 10,000 kilograms including prohibited professional stock with EOD assistance, and arrested the seller after finding unsafe tampering and storage across a loods, bunker and home.
- In Woerden, officers found 96 kilograms of illegal fireworks in a residence; the municipality issued a last onder dwangsom for repeat violations as police and prosecutors weigh criminal charges.
- Oldebroek hit 15 youths with area bans carrying a 3,000-euro penalty for breaches after weekend disturbances with heavy fireworks, and several municipalities deployed cameras to monitor public order.
- Emergency services tackled numerous container, car and garage fires, a Rotterdam officer was injured after being pelted with fireworks and a 15-year-old was arrested, and a minor in Zutphen was hospitalized after a fireworks incident.
- Retailers report 30–40% higher sales as buyers stock up for what is expected to be the last legal year, while long queues formed at oliebollenkramen and carbidschieten events drew crowds under varying local rules.