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Child porn arrest

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Police on Thursday arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of distributing child pornographic material online.

A statement said the police’s cybercrime unit had received information from Europol relating to a user of a social media platform who uploaded an image file depicting the sexual abuse of minors.

Having secured a warrant, police searched the 39-year-old’s house, seizing a mobile phone and a laptop as evidence.

The cyber crime unit’s investigation is ongoing.

 

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