An Indian was among two persons charged here with attempting to provide material support to Lebanon's Hazbollah, a designated foreign terrorist group and for illegally possessing fire arms and ammunition.
The Indian national identified as Patrick Nayyar, 46, was residing illegally in Queens, New York and was arrested on September 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 yesterday in Manhattan federal court and the criminal complaint unsealed on September 24, between July 2009 and September 2009, Nayyar along with his accomplice Conrad Stanisclaus Mulholland agreed to provide weapons, ammunition and vehicles to Hezbollah.
During a series of meetings with a confidential informant working with the FBI, who represented himself as working for Hezbollah, Nayyar and Mulholland agreed to sell guns, ammunition, vehicles, bulletproof vests and night vision goggles to the confidential informant.
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