Jack Warner.

Sabir said that the BFA had never pointed a finger at the Jamaicans by accusing them of planting drugs on the seven players arrested in Miami two weeks ago.

Warner said that a two-and-a-half page report he received from the BFA on December 15 "was designed to say that the (drugs) were planted by Jamaicans.

That's what the BFA report said.'' But Sabir said yesterday: "I find that very disturbing. What is (Warner) up to?'' He revealed a portion of the report BFA president Richard Thompson wrote to Warner, which clearly contradicts what the CONCACAF president told The Royal Gazette .

Warner was en route last night from Guatemala to Trinidad and could not be reached for comment.

Earlier in the day, however, he said that he was prepared to release the complete text of Thompson's report.

CONCACAF press officer Scott Gleba confirmed that the portion of the text read by Sabir to the The Royal Gazette was included in the report.

Wrote Thompson: "Certainly all of Bermuda wants to believe in the players' innocence and as an Association we must uphold that important axiom innocent until proven guilty.

"Also we wish to categorically state that in no way is the BFA transferring blame to any other entity whether Bermudian or otherwise. Media reports have stated that allegations have it that this may be a set-up or a conspiracy against the Bermuda team because they defeated Canada and Jamaica.

"The BFA does not support these allegations and certainly wants to apologise to both the Canadian and Jamaican associations for any ill effects toward their respective Associations. Certainly these players and this case shall be resolved on its own conditions and passing blame especially to our friends in the sport will not be tolerated by the BFA.'' The BFA's reaction to Warner's allegations have been their strongest statement since the crisis began.

"Hopefully you guys will understand eventually why we won't speak because of so many things that are going on,'' said Sabir.

"It's so unfortunate that I can't tell you some of the things,'' he continued.

"The BFA is taking a lot of stick now but it's fine. But at the end of the day there's going to be so many revealing things and I just hope we get the support that everyone else has gotten so far.

"Until we get our time to speak to the inquiry there's just too many things that I know that the public just doesn't know.'' In other developments yesterday, Under-23 player Raynel Lightbourne demanded an apology from Technical Director Burkhard Ziese.

Ziese revealed in a report to CONCACAF that Lightbourne was one of three players who "confessed that they had a drug problem'' at a team meeting on November 30 in Jamaica.

"What Ziese wrote I didn't say,'' Lightbourne insisted.

Lightbourne's goal in the second qualifying match against Jamaica propelled Bermuda into the Pan-Am finals.

"I want an apology from him. I didn't confess anything.'' Ziese, however, when contacted in Germany where he is spending a Christmas vacation, stood by his original statement.

The BFA official said that the meeting took place following breakfast two days before Bermuda's first game against Canada.

Said Ziese yesterday: "There were 14 (people) there. Lightbourne said `yes, in the future I can stop smoking (marijuana)'.'' According to Ziese two other players -- Marvin Lewis and Kevin Jennings -- said they were using the drug.

"These are the three guys who have been mentioned in report after report by Mark Trott,'' Ziese said yesterday.

Ziese said that during the meeting "we talked about how we received information that allegedly five to six players (on the team) are on drugs.

Then we went through and discussed it.'' Captain Dwayne Adams, according to Ziese, addressed his team-mates. Ziese recalled that Adams said "As long as I've been with the team I've never been on a winner, never won a big championship. I want to win this time.

"He said `for goodness sake if you do something wrong then stop this because that may lead to something worse.' And I pointed out that we will be stopped (by Customs).'' One player, Ziese said, insisted that smoking marijuana was not illegal in Bermuda.

"I said `what the hell are you talking about? Definitely it's against Bermuda law'.'' Ziese also said that Lightbourne missed several training sessions before the team left for Jamaica and was reprimanded by coach Mark Trott.