A 26-YEAR-OLD Sydney man was allegedly trying to travel to a foreign conflict zone to engage in terrorist acts, a court has heard.

The New South Wales counter-terrorism squad swooped on Nowroz Rayed Amin at his Ingleburn home in the city’s southwest on Saturday morning, said the Australian Federal Police.

He was taken to Campbelltown Police station and charged with three offences — two of them terror related.

Court documents show the man was allegedly preparing and planning for a terrorist act between September 2015 and February 2016.

It is also alleged that during April 2015 and February 2016 Amin was having conversations about travelling to declared areas to engage in hostile activities as well as enquiring about getting weapons and material on how to make weapons, court papers show.

In September 2015, he also allegedly tried to export Tier 1 goods contrary to the Customs Act, documents show.

Amin was stopped at Sydney Airport in February 2016 from travelling to Bangladesh after border force officials found extremist ideology items in his luggage and on his electronic devices.

The AFP described the investigation as “complex” and “lengthy”. There is no current or impending threat to the community, AFP Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney said in a statement on Sunday.

If convicted, the 26-year-old faces life in prison.

Amin did not appear at Parramatta Bail Court on Sunday and did not apply for bail, which was formally refused.

A commonwealth prosecutor indicated the man’s lawyer Adam Houda would prepare a brief of evidence within the next six weeks.

Magistrate Bailey adjourned the matter until August 14.

The Ingleburn man was arrested on Saturday by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team and has been charged with two terrorism offences, including planning an attack and preparing to engage in hostile activity, the AFP said on Sunday.

The state’s terror squad says there is no threat to the community as a result of Saturday’s arrest.

It’s alleged the man was stopped from travelling to Bangladesh more than two years ago after border force officials at Sydney Airport found extremist ideology items in his luggage, including clothing and material on his electronic devices.

The man came to the attention of officials in February 2016 and since the AFP has carried out a “lengthy” and “complex” investigation.

“The NSW JCTT will continue investigating all individuals who come to our attention and bring them to account for their criminal actions,” AFP National Manager Counter Terrorism, Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney said in a statement.

The man will face Parramatta Local Court on Sunday, with the two terror charges, which carry a penalty of life in prison, and a third charge related to carrying illegal goods through customs.