Illegal fireworks crackdown intensifies across Hawaii

From January through June 2024, Task Force officers confiscated approximately 1,000 pounds of illegal fireworks from various community sources.

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[jacobearhart]

Imagine a taskforce on drugs... you know a real concern.

[yoooboy]

Guarantee Sheriffs taking it home, much like HPD would. Nothing changes lol

[imoku]

Instead of it costing us money why not think about fireworks making the state money with tax revenue or something? Make something illegal people are gonna want it more no matter what you do. People will get illegal fireworks in Hawaii and the profits go to the black market instead of the state. I’m not saying I agree with using illegal fireworks, but to ban fireworks altogether sucks because it was a part of my childhood and a part of growing up that I wish I could still have today.
I get the Maui fires was a tragedy but I don’t recall it being started by fireworks. Wasn’t it from downed power lines? So how come the power grids not being banned? This kinda feels like the War on drugs and look how that’s going……..

[laughteraddict]

Can we just go after the real illegal problem, Meth,fentynal ?!

[daniel-nwiq]

The Lahaina fire wasn't started by fireworks are you people blind how about arresting the cops that block the roads instead of trying to rescue people that burned alive???

[Alex-tiuf]

My question is how these illegal fireworks get into the island. Something fishy, they need to check those shipping containers more thoroughly or maybe there are protectors those containers coming in the island.

[wilfredmotosue]

Good Job men and women of the task force. Thank you.

[Motorrad]

$1.3M for less than a ton of fireworks. So almost $700/pound of fireworks. YES, another win for the community! 😂😂😂

[joycek]

Fire works blowing in my neighborhood since thanksgiving almost every single night - seen no police patrolling through at any time.

[christacorbet]

Lahaina???Really..no shame, ...shut your mouth mr

[ronalddesilva]

A drop in the bucket compared to what’s out there. Let’s be honest

[lalejandro]

He said a few hundred pounds. Wow!! One 500 gram cake can weigh close to 20lbs. Using over a million dollars to crack down on a few hundred pounds sounds to me like someone needed a bonus and figured out away to get extra money

[AtTheHeartOfItALL]

i've had all kinds of rubbish end up in my back yard because neighbors blowing, smh. hate fireworks already!

[CMP]

Horrible anti American action. Bad investment

[BlueKnievel]

Great job to the task force and also I want to give a warning to the people who sell and buy these illegal fireworks is that some of them are defective or are duds, just look what’s happening on the mainland with all the injuries, u may waste money on lots of illegal aerial dud fireworks!!!

[knightwolf]

The only ones I agree with are those big ones, those should only be done in the country side or firework shows. Those fuses are short and fast

[tigarxox]

Mean while thieves rob Bank of Hawaii in Waikiki and get away with $$$millions of dollars$$$

[jsmiley]

Guarantee they keep em for themselves or resell😂

[thedaveandjimshow]

My daughter's dog thanks you. OMG these fireworks are stressing the pet population something terrible.

[TheRandomKrafter]

It'll always keep coming in MONEY TALKS HERE