FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Fort Smith man accused of owning an unregistered explosive device has been arrested by the FBI in Austin, Texas, an agency spokesperson announced in a news release on Monday, Feb. 7.

Neil Ravi Mehta, 31, was wanted by the FBI in Little Rock and the New Orleans division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives when authorities executed a federal search warrant at Mehta’s residence in Fort Smith on Jan. 31 and found an explosive device. Mehta’s arrest “ended a six-day manhunt,” according to a media release from the U.S Department of Justice.

The device was found in the corner of a kitchen island and the explosives were rendered safe by federal agents that x-rayed it on scene, according to the DOJ release.

Mehta was arrested without incident by agents from the FBI Austin Resident Agency (RA) and charged with unlawful possession of an unregistered destructive device, which carries a potential sentence of up to 10 years in prison. A Grand Jury will later hear evidence from the investigation and decide if additional charges are warranted.

This is a joint investigation involving the following federal law enforcement agencies:  the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI); the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Export Enforcement (OEE); the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI); and the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of the Inspector General (DOL-OIG).

U.S. Attorney David Clay Fowlkes of the Western District of Arkansas made the arrest announcement.