New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday arrested suspect Brian Cole after a nearly five-year-long investigation into the pipe bombs that were discovered outside the Republican and Democrat headquarters in Washington DC on the day of the 6 January 2021 riots at the US Capitol.

Cole is the first definitive suspect in the case, which had long perplexed law enforcement authorities.

Cole lived in Woodbridge, Virginia, a Washington suburb, reported AP.

He was arrested on Thursday morning and is scheduled to be arraigned in a federal court in Washington, DC, at 1 pm.

AP reported that hours after Cole's arrest, law enforcement vehicles arrived in numbers in the area where his home is, and agents from the FBI...