KUALA TERENGGANU, Terengganu - An assortment of contraband fireworks - weighing 203kg and with a street value of about RM6,000 (S$2,587) - was seized from an abandoned chicken coop, not far from where an explosion that killed a six-year-old boy two weeks ago.

Terengganu Customs director Datuk Azis Yacub said his officers raided the place at Kampung Losong Haji Mat Shafie at about 10.48pm on Thursday following a tip-off.

"This is our third seizure over the past week, during which we have recovered contrabands worth about RM42,000," he said yesterday.

Earlier on Thursday, a Customs team raided a house in Kampung Binjai Berambu and found 119.25kg of fireworks and 256 cartons of clove cigarettes and normal cigarettes worth RM4,950.

On Aug 22, an abandoned shack that was storing an assortment of firecrackers and fireworks blew up at Kampung Seberang Baruh killing six-year old kindergarten pupil Khairul Arif Ayob and two adults.

Azis said that since the start of Ramadan, his men had seized fireworks worth RM16,412 and detained five people.