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WASHINGTON: American federal authorities on Tuesday arrested a Briton of Indian origin who was attempting to sell a surface-to-air missile to undercover FBI agents posing as terrorist sympathizers wanting to attack targets in the United States. The British man, whose name is said to be Hemad Lakhani, was taken into custody at a hotel hear Newark International Airport in New Jersey following an elaborate multi-country sting operation involving authorities in US, Russia and Britain. Also arrested were two New York gem dealers who transferred money overseas to the suspect through hawala transactions in connection with the deal. Their identities were...

Three Arrested in U.S. Missile Smuggling Plot   By Ellen WulfhorstNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities arrested three people on Tuesday in a sting operation that foiled a plot to smuggle a missile into the United States that could be used to shoot down a commercial airliner, officials said. Reuters Photo   One suspect, a British citizen, was arrested in Newark, New Jersey, trying to smuggle the Russian-made surface-to-air missile into the country. Two others were arrested in New York, officials in Washington said. The Briton believed he was selling missiles to would-be terrorists, but he was nabbed in the...