Terror suspect arrested in Montreal with ticket to India

OTTAWA — The RCMP swooped in on an alleged terrorist conspiracy because one of the suspects was about to get on a plane to India, the Canadian Press has learned.

The Mounties have charged three young Ottawa men — including twin brothers — with various terrorism-related offences.

On Monday, the RCMP charged Suliman Mohamed, 21, with participation in the activity of a terrorist group. Mohamed was also charged with conspiracy to participate in a terrorist activity with two other Ottawa men.

On Friday, 24-year-old twins Ashton Carleton Larmond and Carlos Honor Larmond of Ottawa were charged with various terrorism-related offences.

The RCMP said Carlos Larmond was arrested at the Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport as he was intending to travel overseas for terrorist purposes. The Mounties did not say where he was headed.

The Canadian Press has since learned he was bound for India, though it is unclear if that was his final destination.

Ashton Larmond, who played pickup hockey on a men’s team, was arrested in Ottawa.

Joseph Addelman, a lawyer for the brothers, said Saturday they planned to vigorously dispute the charges. They are due for a second court appearance Feb. 12.

Mohamed is scheduled to appear in court this morning.

But as of Monday, very little was known about what the three were alleged to have done.

The arrests underscore the reality that there are individuals in Canada who have become radicalized to a violent ideology, “and who are willing to act upon it,” said Chief Supt. Jennifer Strachan, criminal operations officer for the RCMP in Ontario.

The RCMP thanked Integrated National Security Enforcement Team partners from the Ottawa police service and the Ontario provincial police.