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Gold Coast 19-Year-Old Charged Over Violent Extremist Material After Counter-Terror Raid

Police say forensic work linked seized devices to propaganda from a proscribed organisation.

Overview

  • The AFP, ASIO and the Queensland Joint Counter Terrorism Team searched a Pacific Pines home on Thursday and arrested the teenager.
  • The man faces four counts of using a carriage service for violent extremist material and one count of possessing or controlling such material, with each offence carrying a maximum five-year penalty.
  • Police allege he shared violent videos and propaganda with friends and family between January 2024 and April 2025.
  • An earlier April search seized two phones, a laptop and a handwritten diary, and investigators allege those devices contained violent propaganda linked to a terrorist organisation that has not been named.
  • The accused is due to appear in Southport Magistrates Court on Friday as investigations continue and authorities warn about youth exposure to extremist content online.