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Police seize a £12,000 haul of fireworks able to fire 600 rockets from a Glasgow property ahead of Bonfire Night

Fireworks light up the sky over Truro, Cornwall, as Police Scotland prepares to deploy up to 1,700 officers across Scotland on Thursday amid fears of disorder on Bonfire Night.
Fireworks light up the sky over Truro, Cornwall, as Police Scotland prepares to deploy up to 1,700 officers across Scotland on Thursday amid fears of disorder on Bonfire Night.

Officers raided a Penilee property in Glasgow on Tuesday following intelligence reports, recovering 350kg of pyrotechnics in what ranks among the largest fireworks seizures ever recorded in Scotland. Chief Inspector William Campbell warned the haul could have been used to target the public and emergency services. Police Scotland logged 144 fireworks-related calls on Halloween night alone, with rockets thrown at people and vehicles across Glasgow, Tranent and Bonnyrigg.

A child in Glasgow was hurt on Halloween night after a firework struck the area beside their pram.

Police Scotland's Operation Amberlight will deploy up to 1,700 officers on Bonfire Night Thursday — the force's biggest operation since Trump's visit last year.

A Burnley mother whose four-year-old daughter was left on life support after being struck by a firework last Bonfire Night has urged the public to 'stay safe' this year.

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