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Sep 5, 2008 2:11 pm US/Eastern

Pakistani NJ Resident Accused Of Terrorist Threat

PAULSBORO, N.J. (CBS 3) ― A Pakistani resident has been indicted for allegedly threatening the Valero Refinery in Paulsboro, N.J. via telephone in 2007.

Zahoor Ahmad, 32, of Havelian, Pakistan was accused of making terroristic threats in a grand jury indictment obtained by the Division of Criminal Justice on Thursday.

According to authorities Ahmad allegedly made the phone threats on November 29, 2007.

The investigation by the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness discovered that Ahmad was involved in a relationship with an American woman who had relatives working at the Valero Refinery.


The investigation revealed that Ahmad was trying to obtain a visa to enter the U.S. legally and marry the woman, the threats made to the refinery allegedly stemmed from disputes between Ahmad and the woman's family.

Making a terroristic threat, a third-degree crime, carries a maximum sentence of five years in a state prison and a $15,000 fine.








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