More than 100kg of banned firecrackers have been seized from several shops in Dum Dum and a house in New Town, police said.
A senior officer of the Bidhannagar Commissionerate said that they had received information that banned firecrackers were being stored in various places in New Town and Dum Dum ahead of Diwali.
Multiple teams from New Town and airport police stations raided the shops in Dum Dum and the house in New Town. The teams seized huge quantities of chocolate bombs, fuljhuris, chorkis and kali potka.
An officer of Bidhannagar Commissionerate said they have started campaigns asking people not to use fireworks apart from green fireworks during Kali Puja and Diwali.
More than 2,000 police personnel will be on the roads of Salt Lake and adjoining areas this year to not only ensure safe and peaceful celebrations but also to stop anyone from lighting up banned firecrackers.
The police have also started mapping out areas from where most complaints had been recorded in the earlier years such as Lake Town, the airport area, Baguiati and pockets of Rajarhat. Special patrol teams will be despatched in these areas. Police pickets will be placed around big pandals like those in BF-CF Block, Rajarhat and Sukantanagar.