3 U.S. men arrested on charges of plotting to support ISIS

The trio allegedly paid more than $2,000 to purchase drones purportedly to be used to kill U.S. service members overseas.

Three U.S. citizens — two from California and one from Kansas — were arrested Friday on charges of plotting to support the terrorist organization ISIS, the Justice Department announced.

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Bisaam Ghafoor, 21, of Leawood, Kansas; Elias Shamsaldeen, 21, of Porterville, California; and Bereen Dzayee, 25, of Lakeside, California, were each charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, according to a DOJ news release.

It is not immediately clear whether the three have retained attorneys.