A Pakistani-American, Faisal Shahzad, was arrested last week in connection with the botched May 1 bombing. Photo AFPFBI Raids in Mass. Related to Times Square Probe -- CBS News/AP
Two People Taken into Custody for "Immigration Violations," as FBI Looks to Uncover Plot's Money Trail.
(CBS/AP) The FBI conducted several raids in Massachusetts Thursday in connection with the failed Times Square car bombing, officials told CBS News.
Further raids are expected throughout the day.
Two people have been detained for "immigration violations," FBI spokesperson Gail Marcinkiewicz told CBS station WBZ-TV in Boston, though she would not say whether they were involved in the plot.
"The searches are a product of evidence that has been gathered in the investigation subsequent to the Times Square bombing investigation," said Marcinkiewicz.
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More News On The FBI Raids Related To The Times Square Plot
F.B.I. Raids in Northeast Are Linked to Bomb Case -- New York Times
Search warrants executed in Times Square probe -- CNN
Feds Arrest Two, Possibly Tied To Bomb Plot -- FOX News
FBI arrests two over New York bomb inquiry -- BBC
Northeast locations searched in Times Square probe -- AP
Times Square Case Prompts Raids in New England, New York -- Wall Street Journal
'Several' raids over Times Square bombing plot: FBI -- AFP
FBI conducting searches in Times Square probe -- Boston Herald