Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said the two boys aged 12 and 13 were arrested along with a 44-year-old man at about 9pm yesterday while they were lighting “ball firecrackers” and throwing them from the 11th floor of the building.

A total of 48 “ball firecrackers” were seized from a crossbody bag carried by the 13-year-old.

“Following the arrest, police raided a premises in the apartment and arrested a 58-year-old man at about 11pm on the same day for selling firecrackers without a valid licence and confiscated 130 “ball firecrackers” and other firecrackers,” he said in a statement today.

All of them were released today on police bail.

Beh said the case was being investigated under Section 3(5) of the Minor Offences Act 1955 and Section 8 of the Explosives Act 1957.

Yesterday, the media reported that a team of policemen had firecrackers thrown at them while trying to stop about 200 residents from playing with fireworks openly in the vicinity of the Sri Perak apartments.

No injuries were reported and police managed to control the situation.