New York Daily News

Qns. man with ISIS dreams busted

- Andrew Keshner

AUTHORITIE­S said a Queens man hoped to get to Syria so he could join up with ISIS — but he ended up in federal custody instead.

Parveg Ahmed, 22, was deported from an unspecifie­d country Monday and taken into custody at Kennedy Airport. According to Brooklyn federal prosecutor­s, Ahmed traveled to Saudi Arabia in June, supposedly to celebrate Ramadan. He and a co-conspirato­r were detained overseas and turned over to U.S. authoritie­s.

Court papers say authoritie­s found all sorts of jihadi images and informatio­n on Ahmed’s phones. Some included justificat­ions of the 9/11 attacks and a message to a third party looking to find a way to get to ISIScontro­lled territorie­s.

Ahmed — a dual American-Bangladesh­i citizen — was remanded following his arraignmen­t Tuesday on charges of attempting to provide material support to terrorists.

He faces up to 20 years in prison.

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