Australian police arrest two more men over alleged attack plot

She believes police intervened before the alleged plot became more concrete.

Eleven others have been charged with terror-related offences since Appleby was set up past year.

The charges also relate to materials seized during another Operation Appleby raid in December 2014.

The AFP said earlier the arrests “are not related to a current or impending threat to the community”. “We will allege that the Woolloomooloo navy base was one of those locations”, Burn said.

Authorities have been on high alert for potential attacks with Canberra previous year lifting its terror threat alert to high.

Meanwhile, Australia deported a suspected French extremist who arrived in the country two days after terror attacks in Paris last month, according to reports late Tuesday.

[The police] have done an absolutely outstanding job.

The Australian government has recently joined U.S.-backed airstrikes on militant positions in Syria and Iraq, while sending special-forces soldiers to help train Iraqi security personnel.

Deputy Commissioner Burn said it was “difficult to speculate” when the attacks were due to be carried out. Both suspects did not apply for bail, though they have already been refused to do so. She said the details would come out in court.

One of the arrests was made in the same Memorial Avenue home as one raided earlier this month.

“We will make sure that our police are there and that they are doing everything possible to make sure everybody is as safe as [possible]”.

The story Operation Appleby: NSW Police arrest two men as part of investigation into terrorism plot first appeared on The Sydney Morning Herald.

Deputy Commissioner Burn said the operation had a been complex, long-standing investigation into alleged terrorism plots to conduct an attack in NSW.

In October, a 15-year-old boy opened fire on a police accountant at police headquarters in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta and was then killed in a gunfight with police outside the building.

Police will allege Mr Salihy was recorded in conversation with Mr Talebi, telling him: “What is happening in Afghanistan is the truth”.