It's not New Year yet is it? Police blow up two tonnes of illegal fireworks seized during raids on shops in Peru

• The officers rounded up the unlawful explosives from outlets within the capital, Lima
• They then blew them up at their headquarters in Diroes simply outdoors the town
• Fireworks had been taken throughout raids on unlawful premises over final sixteen days

By Rory Tingle For Mailonline

Printed: 18:09 EST, 24 December 2016 | Up to date: 04:40 EST, 25 December 2016

Anybody watching this spectacular fireworks show would possibly suppose the New 12 months had come early. 

However in actuality the bathe of rockets dotting the daytime sky got here from two tonnes of unlawful rockets that had been seized by police in Peru. 

The officers rounded up the unlawful explosives from outlets within the Peruvian capital, Lima, and blew them up at their headquarters at Diroes simply outdoors the town. 

The bathe of rockets dotting the daytime sky got here from two tonnes of unlawful rockets that had been seized by police in Peru

The fireworks had been taken throughout raids on unlawful distributors over the past sixteen days.

Places of work hope to search out three tonnes extra earlier than the tip of the 12 months - so a lot extra spectacular shows could be anticipated. 

Peru has among the strictest controls on fireworks in Latin America. 

These got here in after a blaze at a warehouse killed roughly 300 folks in 2001.

The officers rounded up the unlawful explosives from outlets within the Peruvian capital, Lima, and blew them up at their headquarters at Diroes simply outdoors the town

The fireworks had been taken from raids of unlawful premises over the past sixteen days

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