Police remove explosives from Washington state apartment building

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/05/washington.state.explosives/

January 5, 2010 9:52 a.m. EST

(CNN) -- A residential building in Spokane Valley, Washington, was being decontaminated after police removed a half pound of highly sensitive explosives from one of the apartments, a sheriff's spokesman said.

John D. Raymond, 53, is being held on a civil bench warrant and is likely to face charges in district court Tuesday of illegally manufacturing and possessing explosives, said Sgt. Dave Reagan of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office.

Raymond uses a wheelchair to get around and lived in a ground floor apartment of the 10-unit building. He was transported to jail by ambulance, Reagan said.

A police robot removed a half pound of TATP, or Triacetone Triperoxide, from Raymond's apartment, Reagan said.

TATP is extremely sensitive to impact, temperature change and friction, according to the defense and military Web site GlobalSecurity.org. It has been used by suicide bombers in Israel and was chosen as a detonator in 2001 by the thwarted "shoe bomber" Richard Reid.

[stray cat]

1. Good thing there is no such thing as terrorism otherwise I would think he was up to no good

:sarcasm:

[Arctic Dave]

2. You would think that middle eastern name would given him away sooner.