DENVER, Colo, -- The father and uncle of Najibullah Zazi -- the Aurora shuttle driver accused of conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction against the United States -- poured chemicals down the drain and shredded containers in an effort to destroy evidence, CNN reported Wednesday.

An FBI Evidence Response Team discovered chemical residue in pipes at a property in the Denver area, and found that attempts had been made to shred the containers that held the chemicals -- which included hydrogen peroxide, an ingredient in making some forms of high explosive, a source close to the investigation told CNN.

Najibullah Zazi's father, Mohammed Wali Zazi, was charged in September with lying to investigators, but he was arrested again in Aurora Monday after a federal grand jury in New York indicted him on charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice last week.

The indictment said that he "did knowingly and intentionally conspire to corruptly alter, destroy, mutilate and conceal objects, to wit glasses, masks, liquid chemicals and containers," with the intent of thwarting the terror investigation.

Najibullah Zazi's uncle, Naqib Jaji, was indicted on a single felony charge and was arraigned in a sealed proceeding in Brooklyn two weeks ago. The charge wasn't specified, but the source told CNN the uncle had participated in the attempt to dispose of evidence.

Attorney General Eric Holder has said the conspiracy involving the younger Zazi is one of the most serious terror plots since 9/11. Investigators are intensely working the case.

The indictment against Najibullah Zazi, 24, alleged that he twice checked into a motel in the Denver area -- in August and September of 2009 -- and was experimenting with heating chemicals that could create a bomb. The indictment said chemical residues had been recovered from a vent in the motel room.

CNN obtained closed-circuit video from beauty parlors in the same area purportedly showing Zazi buying large quantities of chemicals that can be used to make bombs. The indictment against the younger Zazi says he was also in contact with other individuals as he experimented with the chemicals and tried to make the high explosive TATP.

Authorities say Zazi, 24, planned to be in New York with the intent of using an explosive device around September 11, 2009. The alleged plot, which came to light after raids in New York in mid September, may have been targeting a major transportation center, sources told CNN.

The younger Zazi pleaded not guilty to one terrorism conspiracy charge. His father pleaded not guilty to the charge of lying to authorities. He has not entered a plea yet on the obstruction charge.

The uncle told CNN in Denver last fall that he and his wife had appeared before the grand jury investigating the alleged conspiracy involving his nephew.

He blamed his nephew, who had lived with him for several months, for dragging his family into the national spotlight, CNN reported. The uncle said he had a respectable job, young children and a good home, but he felt obliged to take the younger Zazi in because he was related to his wife.

Authorities have indicated to CNN that the younger Zazi had been under surveillance for months before his arrest in September. Agents had followed him as he drove from Denver to New York.

Two other men have since been indicted by a federal grand jury in New York in connection with the case. Both were arrested last month.

Zarein Ahmedzay, a New York taxi driver, is accused of lying to FBI special agents about locations he visited during a trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan and about discussions he had with an unidentified man about military training in Pakistan in 2008. He has pleaded not guilty.

Adis Medunjanin, 25, originally from Bosnia, has pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and receiving military-type training from al-Qaida.