Illegal Fireworks Confiscated; Three People Arrested

Throughout the month of June 2022 Sheriffs deputies have been on the lookout for people who were selling illegal fireworks.

They confiscated 18-hundred pounds of fireworks and one handgun and arrested 3 people.

20 year old Leon Hernandez of Coachella, for possession of more than one-hundred pounds of dangerous fireworks, and sale and transportation of dangerous fireworks.

21 year old Xavier Gutierrez also of Coachella, for possession of a concealed firearm, possession of high-capacity magazines, possession of more than one-hundred 100 pounds of dangerous fireworks, and sale and transportation of dangerous fireworks.

35 year old Eulises Cardenas of Indio, for possession of more than one-hundred pounds of dangerous fireworks, and sale and transportation of dangerous fireworks.

 

 

Illegal fireworks confiscated in Coachella in June 2022.

Photo from Riverside County Sheriffs Dept.