By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
THE Hampton Park teenager who had Anzac Day terror plot charges dropped has been placed on an interim control order which stops him going to any mosque, bar one.
Harun Causevic, 18, was arrested in April and charged with conspiracy to commit acts done in preparation for terrorist acts, following pre-dawn counter-terrorism raids throughout Casey.
The charges were dropped after the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions decided there was insufficient evidence.
The control order, initiated by the Australian federal police, requires Causevic to wear a tracking device for 24 hours a day, includes a midnight to 5am curfew, and prohibits him from going to any mosque apart from the Emir Sultan Mosque in Dandenong.
The teen is also not permitted to use his mobile phone, computers, or web messaging services.
The order was granted last week, with a hearing planned for December to determine whether it would be confirmed.
It comes after Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton on Wednesday announced the set-up of a new Counter Terrorism Command team.
The new command will bring together a number of units within Victoria Police to form a single department responsible for counter terrorism activities including investigations, intelligence, policy and capability development.
Causevic and Sevdet Ramdan Besim, also 18, of Hallam, were both arrested in the Operation Rising raids, while in July, Narre Warren teen Mehran Azami, 19, pleaded guilty to 19 counts of importing weapons and three other charges and was remanded in custody to appear at the County Court on 22 October.
Last month a 16-year-old British girl linked to another UK teen implicated in the foiled terror plot allegedly targeting Anzac Day services in Melbourne’s south-east pleaded guilty to two terror offences.
UK police were led to the girl after investigating a 15-year-old boy from Blackburn in Lancashire, who was held on 2 April in connection with the Australian terror plot.
