As the Fourth of July approaches, the Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) is stepping up its illegal fireworks enforcement. “It’s a problem for us every year … beginning June through the holiday,” Santa Ana police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna told The Epoch Times. “The city sells legal fireworks which you can use; it’s the illegal fireworks that are the problem.” Bertagna said police have already made several busts leading up to Independence Day. During a June 11 probation check on a documented gang member’s residence, SAPD confiscated illegal fireworks, drugs, U.S. currency, and three handguns—including a .45 caliber ghost gun. Earlier that day, police confiscated 2,673 mortars, 1,144 large sky rockets and 1,750 miscellaneous aerial illegal fireworks. The bust led to six citations and a $1,000 fine. On June 9, SAPD confiscated approximately 16,000 firecrackers, 874 mortars, and 760 miscellaneous aerial illegal fireworks. And on June 8, detectives searched an active gang member’s apartment with a warrant for suspicion of firearms, recovering 320 pieces of …