A Utah man has been arrested in connection with a plot to blow up a police station, kill police officers and destroy infrastructure to delay an emergency response, authorities said.

John Huggins, 47, believed that the plan, once carried out, would spark an anti-government uprising, according to documents lodged with a federal Utah court on Friday.

Huggins was charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device in connection with the plot, the state's U.S. Attorney's Office said on Friday.