The police in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate have arrested a German citizen of Pakistani origin on suspicion of acting as a courier of money, night-vision equipment and radios to Al Qaeda in the Afghan-Pakistani border area. The authorities said the suspect, Aleem Nasir, had taken four trips to the region from April 2005 to June 2007, carrying at least the equivalent of $5,800 in euros each time, and equipment on three occasions. According to the prosecutorÂ’s statement, he also received explosives training and successfully recruited another German resident for the terrorist group in 2006. In an interview in September, Mr. Nasir denied any Qaeda ties and said he had confessed while being beaten by Pakistani agents. German officials warned last week that Qaeda commanders had ordered terrorist attacks against the country and were increasingly seeking to recruit German-speaking terrorists over the Internet.