SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept. 24, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill announced charges filed against two men arrested in connection with incendiary devices found in Salt Lake City and at a Magna residence they share.
Charged are Adeeb Nasir, 58, a Pakistan-born U.S. citizen, and Adil Justice Ahme Nasir, 31, a Utah native.
On Friday, Sept. 12, bomb squad investigators from the Salt Lake City Police Department and the Unified Police Department were called to a Salt Lake City scene to investigate a possible incendiary device found under a news media van.
They determined the device “was real, had been placed underneath a news media vehicle parked next to an occupied building, and had been lit but failed to function as designed,” say nearly identical arrest documents for the Nasirs.
The FBI took over the investigation and, on Sept. 13, served a warrant to search the residence with assistance from the two bomb squads. The Nasirs were taken into custody.
“During the clearing operations, investigators located two hoax weapons of mass destruction inside the residence, along with two firearms and illegal narcotics,” the arrest documents say.
“While being questioned about the devices, both suspects stated that the devices were real. This caused all law enforcement personnel executing the warrant to evacuate the residence and initiate disposal procedures.”
The newly filed charges relate only to the first part of the investigation.
The charges filed are the result of alleged state violations identified during that initial investigation.
● Adil Justice Ahmed Nasir is charged with two counts of hoax weapon of mass destruction – manufacture/possess/sell/use, a second-degree felony.
● Adeeb Nasir is charged with two counts of hoax weapon of mass destruction – manufacture/possess/sell/use, a second-degree felony; and two counts of third-degree felony possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person.
“During an investigation in Magna, federal partners executed a federal search warrant at a home,” the Salt Lake County Attorney’s Office release says.
“That investigation remains ongoing. The charges filed today (Monday) are the result of alleged state violations identified during that initial investigation.”
SLCo DA Sim Gill commented on the charges filed.
“These are state charges for the hoax dynamite and weapons found in the home that were observed in plain sight. We cannot comment on any investigation being conducted by our federal partners,” Gill said, adding, “All persons accused of wrongdoing are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.”
As of Tuesday afternoon, the Nasirs remained incarcerated in the Salt Lake County jail.
