Uncle of Afghan terror suspect Zazi arrested: NY Times

The daily cited law enforcement officials who confirmed the arrest of Naqib Jaji, 38, an uncle by marriage to accused terrorist Najibullah Zazi, who is accused of building bombs from household products.

The Times wrote that court records and interviews with family members indicate that Jaji was indicted on a single felony charge of unspecified nature.

The newspaper wrote that the court docket on the case lists him as John Doe, a common practice in cases where a defendant is cooperating with law enforcement officials.

Before his September 20 arrest, Jaji's nephew Najibullah Zazi worked as an airport shuttle bus driver in the western US city of Denver, Colorado.

Prosecutors say Zazi had carried bomb-making instructions in a laptop, and had been shopping for large quantities of chemicals found in beauty products such as hydrogen peroxide and acetone, chemicals that could have been the ingredients for explosives.

They also say he received explosives training in Peshawar, Pakistan, a hotbed of Al-Qaeda activity.