LINGAYEN, Pangasinan, Philippines — A million worth of assorted firecrackers and pyrotechnics loaded was seized after police intercepted the ten-wheeler that was transporting it along Maharlika Highway in Barangay Nancayasan, Urdaneta City Monday.

Combined operatives of the Special Operations Group (SOG), Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), the Pangasinan Intelligence Branch (PIB), and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) stopped the truck and found 157 boxes of the banned imported firecrackers.

Senior Inspector Lodovico Ellazar, Urdaneta chief of police, identified the truck driver as Nelson S. Eugenio, 36, married, of Laoag City, Ilocos Norte.

Superintendent Ronald Gayo of the SOG said the driver were shipped out of a warehouse in Binondo, Manila and consigned to Mario Lim of Ilocos Norte.

Gayo said those involved in the contraband will face charges of violating Republic Act 7183 (An Act Regulating the Sale, Manufacture, Distribution and Use of Firecrackers and other Pyrotechnic Devices) for not being covered by documents issued by the Firearms Explosive Division (FED) of the Philippine National Police (PNP).