Police seize P.5-M worth of firecrackers in Binondo
12/31/2007 | 03:14 PM
The Manila police confiscated P500,000 worth of illegal firecrackers from a number of stalls in Binondo, Manila on Monday morning.
Some 80 mobile patrols of the Manila Police District went around the city streets to check on illegal firecrackers.
Superintendent Leo Quizon, MPD officer in charge, said he has instructed his men to confiscate banned firecrackers being sold or used.
Quizon said the confiscated firecrackers from Binondo stalls were kept in 91 boxes found in malls and other commercial centers.
The police campaign to seize pyrotechnics was in line with the “Iwas Paputok" program of the Department of Health intended to prevent firecracker-related injuries and accidents like fire during the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Policemen have also been authorized to confiscate ‘piccolo’ firecrackers and ‘boga’ (home-made cannon made of PVC pipe) that had been banned due to public health risks and high incidence of injuries.
Boga has been blamed for 38 eye injuries, 32 burn injuries without amputation and one blast injury with amputation.
In 2006, the National Epidemiology Center of the health department recorded 119 injuries attributed to piccolo. This year, piccolo has so far been the cited as the most common cause of injuries, accounting for 22 percent or 29 out of 134 firecracker/fireworks-related injuries. - GMANews.TV
Some 80 mobile patrols of the Manila Police District went around the city streets to check on illegal firecrackers.
Superintendent Leo Quizon, MPD officer in charge, said he has instructed his men to confiscate banned firecrackers being sold or used.
Quizon said the confiscated firecrackers from Binondo stalls were kept in 91 boxes found in malls and other commercial centers.
The police campaign to seize pyrotechnics was in line with the “Iwas Paputok" program of the Department of Health intended to prevent firecracker-related injuries and accidents like fire during the New Year’s Eve celebrations.
Policemen have also been authorized to confiscate ‘piccolo’ firecrackers and ‘boga’ (home-made cannon made of PVC pipe) that had been banned due to public health risks and high incidence of injuries.
Boga has been blamed for 38 eye injuries, 32 burn injuries without amputation and one blast injury with amputation.
In 2006, the National Epidemiology Center of the health department recorded 119 injuries attributed to piccolo. This year, piccolo has so far been the cited as the most common cause of injuries, accounting for 22 percent or 29 out of 134 firecracker/fireworks-related injuries. - GMANews.TV
