The prefect of Haut-Rhin has banned until January 3 the use of pyrotechnic articles, very popular in Alsace on New Year’s Eve, despite the injuries they regularly cause.
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A “very nice capture”, for the public prosecutor of Mulhouse. The police seized nearly 18,500 pieces of fireworks in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), a few days before the New Year, the police and the prosecution announced on Friday, December 29.
Thanks to information, investigators carried out a search in an apartment in Mulhouse after identifying a man who offered all kinds of fireworks on social networks. They discovered more than 500 kilos of fireworks, including mortars, firecrackers, rockets, as well as pyrotechnic devices – merchandise whose resale value could exceed 200,000 euros, and which will be destroyed in the coming years. days.
The owner, “a man aged around forty was not at home”declared the public prosecutor of Mulhouse, Edwige Roux-Morizot. “It seems that he is currently in Germany”specifies the magistrate, who adds that the man “should be heard by the police in the first days of January”.
In Alsace as in Germany, firecrackers and fireworks are very popular on New Year’s Eve, although they regularly cause serious injuries or even deaths. During New Year’s Eve from 2020 to 2021, a young man died, his head torn off by a mortar. The prefect of Haut-Rhin, Thierry Queffélec, has banned pyrotechnic articles and fireworks by prefectural decree until January 3.