A Melbourne man accused of being an Islamic State terrorist has been extradited to Victoria and charged with six terrorism offences.
Neil Prakash, 31, allegedly joined and supported Islamic State in 2014, and can be accused of travelling to Syria and enterprise hostile acts in 2016.
The previous rapper was deported from Turkey final week and will face a life sentence if discovered responsible.
Prakash initially flew into Darwin the place he was arrested by Australian Federal Police.
Northern Territory Native Courtroom Chief Decide Elizabeth Morris granted an extradition order on Friday to switch Prakash from the NT to Victoria.
Among the many expenses Prakash will face in Melbourne Justice of the Peace's Courtroom are: participating in hostile exercise in a international state and nation, being a member of a terrorist organisation, supporting and advocating for terrorism.
His arrest comes after a seven-year joint investigation between the Australian Federal Police and Victoria Police as a part of a counter terrorism operation.
An arrest warrant was initially issued for Prakash six years in the past in 2016.
"The AFP Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Staff (JCTT) has labored tirelessly on this investigation since March 2015 to make sure this man may very well be introduced earlier than the courts," AFP Performing Assistant Commissioner Sandra Sales space mentioned.
"The AFP and our companions are dedicated to holding Australians secure."
Victoria Police Counter Terrorism Assistant Commissioner Michael Hermans mentioned at the moment's end result got here from a "tireless and collaborative effort" from Victoria Police and the AFP as a part of the JCTT.
"The security of the Victorian neighborhood is Victoria Police's primary precedence and we are going to proceed to work with our companions to make sure this," Assistant Commissioner Hermans mentioned.
Prakash has been described as allegedly being the "most necessary and essentially the most harmful" Australian member of Islamic State.
He was arrested in Turkey in 2016 for allegedly preventing for the terrorist group in Syria and later moved to an immigration detention centre.
The jihadist appeared in a number of movies attempting to recruit fellow Australians to the IS struggle, in addition to preventing himself for the terrorist organisation abroad.
Prakash has additionally been implicated in not less than two terror plots on Australian soil, together with the Anzac Day plot to behead a Melbourne police officer.
The previous Coalition authorities tried to have Prakash's Australian citizenship cancelled, however that was successfully overturned by the Excessive Courtroom.
He landed in Darwin on the identical flight as Tony Haddad, an alleged crime determine extradited from Turkey after a serious manhunt.