Police Chief Major General Bernardo Santana Paez has warned that vendors found to be selling fireworks illegally will be shut down as from today. Listin Diario reports that Interior and Police Minister Franklin Almeyda Rancier has said that this sort of product must be regulated as many vendors sell to minors. According to Santana, every year children are injured or disfigured by burns when playing with fireworks.
According to El Caribe, if vendors are found to be selling fireworks to minors, their licenses will be revoked and their stands shut down. The Minor’s Code refers to the sale of fireworks to minors, and established fines and prison terms to offenders.