A Rockhampton man has been charged with a foreign fighting offence after returning from a trip overseas.
The 33-year-old was charged after he flew into Brisbane International Airport from Thailand on Wednesday, with federal and state police subsequently executing a search warrant at a Rockhampton home.
Australian Border Force officers searched the man at the airport, allegedly finding night-vision equipment and military patches in his luggage, and identifying material of interest on his electronic devices.
It will be alleged the man travelled to Thailand in January 2026, with plans to travel onward to Myanmar to engage in hostile activities with an armed group engaged in the ongoing civil war.
The man has been charged with one count of incursion into a foreign country with the intention of engaging in hostile activities, with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Investigations into the man’s alleged movements and associations in the two months he was overseas, are ongoing.
He remains in custody and was remanded to re-appear before court on May 15.
