Indian, another charged in NY with
trying to aid Hezbollah Text
Washington, Oct 28: An Indian citizen living illegally in the
United States and another person have been charged in New York with
attempting to provide weapons to the Lebanese Hezbollah organisation,
designated by US as a terrorist group.
Indian national Patrick Nayyar, 46, and Conrad Mulholland, 43,
were charged Tuesday by federal prosecutors with agreeing to supply
an FBI undercover agent with guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof
vests and night vision goggles.
They had already supplied a pistol, a pick-up truck and a box of
ammunition to the FBI agent, whom they thought to be a Hezbollah
member, believing that he would deliver the items to Hezbollah,
they said.
Mulholland remains at large, the prosecutor's office said.
Nayyar residing illegally in Queens in New York was arrested Sep
24 from his residence based on a criminal complaint charging him
with possessing a firearm and ammunition as an illegal alien.
According to the indictment filed in Manhattan federal court, during
a series of meetings between July 2009 and September 2009, Nayyar
and Mulholland agreed to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles
to Hezbollah.
Preet Bharara, the Indian-American US attorney for the Southern
District of New York, praised the investigative work of the FBI.
.....NRIpress/IANS
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