Customs seized two 40-feet containers full of fireworks at the Malta Freeport. 

The pyrotechnic items were hidden behind a wall of sewing thread packed in cartons. 

The containers left Xiamen, China, and were headed to Skikda, in Algeria.

The value of the merchandise is estimated at €658,000.

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