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Two men arrested for allegedly selling fireworks out of a van in Newark
By Kathleen Kirkwood
Video: Newark police.
NEWARK, Calif. - Authorities arrested two East Bay men and seized 600 pounds of illegal fireworks from a van in Newark last week.
Undercover officers spotted the suspects about 7 p.m. Friday, allegedly selling the fireworks out of a van in the 37000 block of Elm Street, Newark police said in a news release.
Because the fireworks were deemed dangerous, the Alameda County Sheriff s Office Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was called to the scene to take them away for controlled disposal, police said.