Charges: Child exploitation material, Far North
Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU), with assistance from State Crime Command have charged two men from the Far North with possessing child exploitation material.
On March 26, CPIU detectives from Cairns and Innisfail executed a search warrant at an Innisfail address where it will be alleged that police located a significant amount of child exploitation material on electronic devices.
As a result 64-year-old East Innisfail man has been charged with one count of use a carriage service to make available child pornography and three counts of possessing child exploitation material. He was bailed to re-appear before the Innisfail Magistrates Court on April 4.
Furthermore, second search warrant was executed yesterday at a residence Cairns, where police will allege that they located a number of child exploitation images.
A 17-year-old Stratford man has been charged with one count of possessing child exploitation material. He is scheduled to appear in the Cairns Magistrates Court on April 15.
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