An American woman is to face the St James parish court on Friday, following an ammunition seizure at the Donald Sangster International Airport in the parish on Thursday.

Twenty-nine-year old Brittany Allen, an information technology specialist of Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, is charged with possession of unauthorized ammunition.

Reports are that at about 12:10 p.m., Allen was screened by port security officers when anomalies were detected in her luggage.

The police were contacted and twenty four .380 cartridges were found during a search.

Allen was arrested and charged.