GILROY, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California bomb squad uncovered about 100 pounds of explosive powder during an illegal fireworks raid.
KNTV reports Friday that the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s bomb squad raided a home in Gilroy late Thursday. They also found equipment to make illegal fireworks. The home is located across the street from a neighborhood park.
The raid comes in connection with undercover work of Alameda County detectives. Investigators met a man at a parking lot east of San Francisco earlier in the day to try and purchase fireworks he allegedly made, the station reports. The suspect was in possession of 200 M-1000s, which look like a quarter-stick of dynamite.
He was arrested after investigators searched his Gilroy home and found the powder and equipment. His name and age were not released.
