Overview

• Hamburg’s Landeskriminalamt recovered around 590 kilograms of unapproved pyrotechnics, including high-explosive kugelbomben, from a rented container in Heimfeld.
• The raid followed a tip-off and a prior seizure of about 50 kilograms of illicit fireworks at a Billbrook parcel distribution center.
• Two German nationals aged 24 and 25 were provisionally arrested and have been transferred to remand custody pending a magistrate hearing.
• Forensic teams are examining additional evidence confiscated from the suspects’ Billstedt residences to trace supply networks.
• Authorities warn that professional-grade fireworks pose severe public safety hazards and are urging stricter controls on cross-border trafficking.