Overview

• The 18-year-old from The Gap has been charged with two counts of possessing or controlling violent extremist material and is due in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday, carrying a maximum penalty of five years if convicted.
• Officers from the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team, including the AFP, QPS and ASIO, raided his home on Tuesday.
• Investigators seized electronic devices holding large volumes of data, books linked to racist and nationalist extremism, and chemicals and precursors.
• Police allege the devices contained a video and a document linked to proscribed terrorist organisations.
• Forensic analysis is under way and authorities have not ruled out further charges, with the AFP urging families to report signs of radicalisation to the National Security Hotline.