The parcel contained explosive pentaerythritol trinitrate ( PETN) in a printer cartridge, police said. PETN was the material used in a failed plot to bomb an airline over the U.S. in December 2009.
"The parcel was prepared in a professional way where a closed electrical circuit was connected to a mobile phone SIM card hidden inside the printer," the statement said.
"This tactic carries the hallmarks of methods used previously by terrorist organisations such as al Qaeda."
The bomb also contained lead azide, which is used in detonators. Dubai police experts defused the device, the statement said.
Police were tipped off "via international communication channels" on the possibility that a package coming from Yemen through FedEx (FDX.N) contained hidden explosive materials.
Along with the statement, Dubai police also released pictures showing the contents of the parcel including a book on management and an English novel, as well as Yemeni souvenirs.
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that two parcels with explosives that were sent from Yemen and intercepted in Britain and Dubai had been bound for "two places of Jewish worship in Chicago".
Suspicion has fallen on al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which operates out of Yemen and claimed responsibility for the December 2009 plot to blow up a U.S. plane headed for Detroit on Christmas Day.
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