- Package was included in provisions that were to be loaded aboard
Royal Caribbean International's Majesty of the Seas (2,356 guests and
812-member crew departing Monday night)
- Package tested six times, resulting positive for C4 each time
- Developments came a day after three Middle Eastern men in a cargo
truck sparked a brief terrorism scare at the port.
Bomb Squad Detonates Suspicious Material at Port of Miami
Monday, January 08, 2007
MIAMI - A suspicious device was found Monday at the
<javascript:siteSearch('Port%20of%20Miami');> Port of Miami, and later
detonated, according to officials.
A bomb squad was on the scene; officers were seen donning explosive suits
before the detonation occurred.
A spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police said the bomb squad located some sort
of instrument that tested positive for C-4 - a type of plastic explosive,
reported local FOX affiliate WSVN-TV.
Miami-Dade Police were gathered near Cruise Terminal H of the port, where
Royal Caribbean's Majesty of the Seas cruise ship is docked. The ship and
its 2,356 guests and 812-member crew is scheduled to leave Monday night for
five days.
WSVN is also reporting that flight restrictions have been placed over Port
of Miami.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242417,00.html
story.port.wsvn.jpg
Coast Guard: Port of Miami package tests positive for explosives
POSTED: 4:01 p.m. EST, January 8, 2007 Story Highlights
. NEW: Coast Guard: Package at Port of Miami tests positive for explosives
. NEW: Package was destined for loading on cruise ship, officials said
. NEW: Package tested six times, each time came back positive for C4
. Event happened day after three Middle Eastern men sparked port terror
scare
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- A package that was going to be loaded onto a cruise
ship at the Port of Miami tested positive for plastic explosives Monday, the
Coast Guard said.
The package was tested six times, and each time it came back positive for
the military-grade explosive known as C4, said Petty Officer James Judge.
The package was destroyed, and a Miami-Dade County police bomb squad was
inspecting the remains to determine if there were any explosives inside.
Police spokesman Bobby Williams said the instruments used to test the
package sometimes give false positives.
"We still need to check it out," Williams said.
The package was included in provisions that were to be loaded aboard Royal
Caribbean International's Majesty of the Seas. Explosives detection
instruments gave the positive reading about 2 p.m., the cruise line said.
The FBI was monitoring the situation, spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said.
The developments came a day after three Middle Eastern men in a cargo truck
sparked a brief terrorism scare at the port.
After a bomb squad search, authorities concluded that the men were carrying
automotive parts and that the scare stemmed from miscommunication.
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