Black Country teen charged with terrorism offences following intelligence-led police investigation
A teen charged with multiple terrorism offences was set to appear in court on Friday.
Amir El-Harith, 18, from Smethwick, was arrested Wednesday by counter-terrorism officers on suspicion of terrorism offences.
El-Harith was charged with three offences of distributing terrorist publications, three offences of encouraging terrorism and one offence of possession of information likely to be useful to someone committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
The teenager was set to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on Friday.
The arrest was part of a Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands CTU intelligence-led investigation.
A second teen, aged 17, was also arrested and subsequently released on bail.
