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**RichD** · 12-30-2010, 08:59 AM

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ORVILLE Andrew Braham – the Jamaica-bound passenger whose bag exploded while it was being unloaded from an American Airlines flight at the Miami International Airport on Tuesday – is alleged to have concealed more than 700 ammunition primers and other parts in another piece of checked luggage.
In the affidavit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Affell Grier said hundreds of .45 calibre ammunition primers were discovered concealed in the lining of one of Braham's checked suitcases.
An ammunition primer is the component of a round of ammunition that initiates the explosive charge which expels a projectile from a firearm.
Grier, who is assigned to the Miami Division Squad T-8 — a counter terrorism squad with the Joint Terrorism Task Force — said the components of a disassembled ammunition reloading press were also concealed in the lining of the suitcase.
"Other components of the ammunition reloading press were found in a zippered compartment and wrapped in items of clothing concealed throughout the suitcase," according to Grier.
An ammunition reloading press is used to assemble component parts, including ammunition primers, to create ammunition.
"When questioned further about the fact that his suitcase did indeed explode, and that ammunition primers appeared to be visible in the suitcase, he continued to deny having anything in the suitcase that could have caused the explosion," according to Grier.
The FBI agent reported that upon further questioning, Braham eventually admitted that he had in the suitcase 700 ammunition primers that he had bought at a gun show last November. He said he reloads ammunition as a hobby.
Braham is alleged to have reported that he had placed the primers and reloading press in a bag and had hidden them in a suitcase in his basement away from his kids.
Grier said Braham claimed further that he did not remember that the items were in his suitcase.
At the time of Braham's questioning, Grier said agents had not yet discovered the second suitcase, which contained concealed additional ammunition primers and components of the ammunition reloading press, and as such he was not questioned about that luggage and its contents.
"Based on the foregoing, your affiant believes probable cause exists that Braham knowingly delivered and caused to be delivered to a common and contract carrier for transportation and shipment in interstate and foreign commerce to a person other than a licensed importer, dealer and collector, ammunition, without notifying that such ammunition was being transported and shipped in violation of Title 18, United Sates Code, Section 922 (e)," the affidavit reads.
On Tuesday, Braham boarded American Airlines flight 2585 in Boston, Massachusetts for Miami, Florida, with a final destination of Kingston.
Grier explained that Braham checked two pieces of luggage while he carried another two pieces on board the plane.
One piece of the checked luggage exploded as an AA baggage handler was unloading the luggage on the tarmac.
The explosion, Grier said, caused shrapnel to be imbedded in the shoe of the baggage handler.
Further examination of Braham's suitcase, according to Grier, revealed that hundreds of .45 calibre ammunition primers contained within the suitcase detonated upon impact, triggering the explosion.
The original nationality of Braham, who has been described as a naturalised American, could not be ascertained yesterday.
FBI Special Agent Michael Leverock said since the investigations were ongoing, he could not say what country Braham was from and what was the intended purpose of his visit to Jamaica.
"We know he is a naturalised US citizen but I can’t say where he is originally from and I can’t say more than what is in the affidavit," he told the Observer.
And, yesterday director general of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, Colonel Oscar Derby confirmed that he had received a report on the incident but that the information would be kept confidential.

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Affi...s#ixzz19bIrWcQy

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