Police raid Melbourne properties linked to five men charged over alleged Islamic State boat plot

By Nino Bucci and Tammy Mills
Updated May 17 2016 - 10:14pm, first published 4:54pm
Police examine the boat that the five men towed from Melbourne to Cairns. Photo: Courtesy of Channel 7
Police examine the boat that the five men towed from Melbourne to Cairns. Photo: Courtesy of Channel 7
Police executing a search warrant in Footscray on Tuesday. Photo: Justin McManus
Police executing a search warrant in Footscray on Tuesday. Photo: Justin McManus
A man visits the Footscray house where Victoria's Joint Counter Terrorism Team was executing a search warrant on Tuesday. Photo: Justin McManus
A man visits the Footscray house where Victoria's Joint Counter Terrorism Team was executing a search warrant on Tuesday. Photo: Justin McManus
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team raiding a Footscray property. Photo: Justin McManus
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team raiding a Footscray property. Photo: Justin McManus

Police have raided properties in Melbourne's north and west linked to five men charged over an alleged plan to travel by boat to Indonesia in a bid to join Islamic State.

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