By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
THE Narre Warren teenager charged with importing weapons allegedly for use in a foiled Anzac Day terror plot will stay in custody until at least late July, after his hearing was adjourned.
The case against Mehran Azami, 19, was mentioned briefly but he was not required to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Monday last week.
The teenager was charged with importing more than 200 weapons, including AK-47 flick knives and tasers designed to look like iPhones, following pre-dawn raids throughout Casey on 18 April.
Azami is believed to be the weapons supplier for two other Casey teenagers who were charged in relation to the plot – 18-year-olds Harun Causevic and Sevdet Ramadan Besim.
Causevic, from Hampton Park, was refused bail at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 8 May, and was detained along with Besim of Hallam.
They are due to return to court in August.
Police swooped on the Casey teenagers in morning raids on Saturday 18 April after a tip-off from British police.
A 200-strong joint state and federal police counter-terrorism team executed seven search warrants in Narre Warren, Hampton Park, Hallam and Eumemmerring as part of Operation Rising.
Just 24 hours before Anzac Day, British police charged a 14-year-old UK boy with trying to incite beheadings and attacks on Australian Anzac Day commemoration services.
The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London and was denied bail.
