A HUGE haul of illegal fireworks has been seized in West Yorkshire in a police operation.

Officers from the Leeds Inner NPT have urged residents to keep contacting them with information about illegal fireworks sales after seizing £10,000 of the products in an operation.

NPT officers executed a warrant at a property on Seacroft during the afternoon of Friday, November 1, after receiving intelligence about illegal sales in the area.

On arrival, officers were granted entry by the occupant and located in excess of 1,000 fireworks in the living room of the property. The occupant stated the fireworks were worth at least £10,000.

These were all seized for destruction and taken to a safe storage location.

Enquiries into the matter remain ongoing led by West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Inspector Nicholls of the Inner Leeds Neighbourhood Policing Team, said: “Keeping residents safe is our absolute priority as police officers and stopping the illegal sale of potentially dangerous items such as fireworks is clearly part of that.

“There is a reason such items are only sold by legal retailers with safeguards on who can purchase them and when, and we will act on any report of them being sold illegally.

“We know the illegal sale and potential anti social use of fireworks is a real concern for residents.”