Nowroz Amin also charged with preparing to engage in hostile activity and carrying illegal goods through customs

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A 26-year-old man has been arrested at a home in Sydney’s southwest, accused of planning terrorist acts.

Nowroz Amin, of Ingleburn, was arrested on Saturday by the New South Wales joint counter-terrorism team and has been charged with two terrorism offences, including planning an attack and preparing to engage in hostile activity, the Australian federal police said on Sunday.



He did not appear at Parramatta bail court on Sunday where the prosecutor indicated Amin would not be applying for bail and it was formally refused. He will appear in court again on 14 August.

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

Amin was blocked from flying in February 2016 after officials at Sydney airport found clothing and material on electronic devices that “indicated his support for extremist ideology”, the Australian federal police said.

After a “lengthy” and “complex” investigation, he was arrested on Sydney’s outskirts by counter-terrorism officers on Saturday.

Police allege Amin was “planning to travel to Bangladesh to meet with people who held similar beliefs and to possibly engage in terrorist acts outside of Australia”.

“The NSW JCTT will continue investigating all individuals who come to our attention and bring them to account for their criminal actions,” the AFP’s national manager of counter-terrorism, Assistant Commissioner Ian McCartney, said.

The two terrorism charges carry a penalty of life in prison, and Amin faces a third charge related to carrying illegal goods through customs.