By LACHLAN MOORHEAD
A Narre Warren teen who pleaded guilty to charges of importing weapons has been released on bail.
Mehran Azami, 19, who had previously been linked with the Anzac Day terror plot, was released from custody after almost six months after being charged with importing more than 200 weapons – including AK-47 flick knives and tasers designed to look like iPhones – following pre-dawn raids throughout Casey on 18 April.
According to media reports, Detective Acting Sergeant Adam Folley told the County Court that Azami was at greater risk of radicalisation if he stayed in custody.
Following a tip-off from British police, a 200-strong joint state and federal police counter-terrorism team executed seven search warrants in Narre Warren, Hampton Park, Hallam and Eumemmerring as part of Operation Rising in April.
Police alleged Azami was the weapons supplier for two other Casey teenagers charged following the raids – 18-year-olds Harun Causevic and Sevdet Ramadan Besim.
