Two teenagers have been charged and a ballistic-style vest and extremist literature seized following a terror probe in a small rural rown.
NSW Police raided a home in Moree, about 120km south of the Queensland border, late in March following reports in December that a teenager had allegedly accessed extremist material online.
A 15-year-old boy was charged after a mobile phone, a ballistic-style vest, and several notebooks were seized.
The items were subsequently analysed by police and the matter was referred to the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team, which carried out further raids at two homes in Moree on Thursday.
Police allegedly located and seized a number of handwritten notes and pieces of literature alleged to contain extremist references during the operation.
The same 15-year-old was arrested at 10am and taken to Moree police station.
He has since been charged with using a carriage service to transmit violent extremist material and knowingly collecting or making a document connected with terrorism.
A 16-year-old boy was also arrested later that morning.
He has been charged with using a carriage service to possess violent extremist material.
Both teens were refused bail to appear before Parramatta children’s court on Friday.
