Crackdown on firecrackers begins


IPOH: The crackdown on firecracker sellers has begun, with police nabbing a man who had RM50,000 worth of fireworks in his house.

Ipoh OCPD Asst Comm Mohd Ali Tamby said the 54-year-old was arrested at a house in Pasir Pinji near here during a raid on Wednesday.

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