FBI agents arrested Mohammed Wali Zazi on Mondaymorning on the new charges at his home in a Denver suburb after aprevious charge, lying to the government, was dropped. He had been outon bail.
A new indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklynaccused Zazi of conspiring with others to destroy or hide "glasses,masks, liquid chemicals and containers" that were evidence in a foiledterrorism plot.
At a brief court appearance in Denver on Monday,a judge ordered the transfer of Zazi — father of terrorism suspectNajibullah Zazi — to New York for a detention hearing on an unspecifieddate. He was to remain in federal custody until then.