Omar Succarieh at his iQraa Islamic Centre at Logan in the days before his arrest. Source: News Corp Australia
A BRISBANE-born man accused of funding Jabhat al-Nusra was picked up in covert police recordings professing his love for the al-Qa'ida-linked terrorist group that his younger brother carried out a suicide mission for, a court heard yesterday.
Secret listening devices, hidden in the iQraa Islamic Centre at Underwood, allegedly captured Omar Succarieh declaring, "I love Jabhat al-Nusra, love it … Yeah I'm a JN you know and Allah …"
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Details of the police case levelled against Succarieh emerged in his Supreme Court bail hearing yesterday.
Succarieh was arrested along with co-accused Agim Kruezi in a series of anti-terrorist raids in Brisbane's south and Logan last week.
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The father-of-three was denied bail yesterday, with Justice David Jackson ruling he was a flight risk.
Police allege Succarieh transferred at least $27,000 to his brother Abraham, who is accused of currently leading militants for the Jabhat al-Nusra terror group.
The counterterrorism investigation was triggered by the suicide bombing carried out by their younger brother Ahmed Succarieh in the city of Deir al Zore in Syria last September.
According to the police affidavit, money is suspected to have been couriered to Lebanon by an associate of Omar Succarieh.
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The money was then collected by the brother of Omar's wife, police allege, who then handed it to his mother, who then passed the money to Abraham "via an unknown intermediary".
The day before he was taken into custody, secret recordings allegedly picked up Succarieh telling his wife he had to leave Australia to avoid arrest.
The police affidavit alleges Succarieh was also picked up by listening devices at the Islamic Centre talking about videos of executions., saying "if you watch the JN ones, it's a bullet to the head. The ones that I have seen, they put their graves in front of them and then they do, they are nice to them, when they die they die without struggle … that's it".
Barrister Peter Callaghan, SC, for Succarieh, argued that the charge was "bad in law" and "dubious".
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Mr Callaghan said there were deficiencies in the evidence levelled against his client and that he was under an extraordinary level of scrutiny.
He said the money allegedly collected was to be split four ways, although there was no proof the money was destined for Jabhat al-Nusra.
Justice David Jackson concluded that Succarieh didn't demonstrate exceptional circumstances as to why he should be granted bail at yesterday's hearings.
Key figures in the alleged terror plotting that sparked mass police raids yesterday. Source: CourierMail
Accused of trying to recruit operative
HE held a flight ticket to Dubai.
But when Customs officers searched Agim Kruezi's belongings at Brisbane International Airport in March, they allegedly found $A4000 (€1000), images of himself with an al-Qa'ida flag in the background, several images of empty graves with the words "are you ready", and details for a bank account.
Kruezi's passport was seized and six months later, the 21-year-old is behind bars on terror-related and weapons charges.
An affidavit handed to the court during his co-accused Omar Succarieh's bail hearing reveals Kruezi is accused of recruiting an "undercover operative to join IS" to fight in Syria or Iraq.
The Boronia Heights man, who is described by police as a Muslim Sunni and Australian-born citizen of Albanian descent with "extreme Islamic and jihadist views", worked at the iQraa Islamic Centre in Underwood.
The affidavit claims police surveillance from the centre captured Kruezi telling an associate: "if you join the military you're a … because they're at war with our Muslim brothers and sisters … as soon as you start fighting our brothers and sisters for the sake of the … you have … from your deed … you have to be killed … so like … if you join the military … I'm actually allowed to kill you … like Allah has actually ordered me to kill you."
A week before he tried to board the Dubai flight, police allege he purchased a universal solar powered phone charger.
Magistrate Noel Nunan last week remanded him in custody until the matter returns to court on October 17.
Kruezi is facing five charges, including being accused of obtaining funds in "preparation for incursions into a foreign state" from February 24 to March 9 this year, and recruiting another person "to join incursions into foreign state".
Police also claim he was found with a shortened .22 calibre semiautomatic sterling long arm, as well as small arms ammunition. Kruezi has not as made an application for bail.
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