Thursday, September 25, 2008

Officer Charged with Possessing Child Porn

A POLICE officer from has been charged with possessing child pornography after a raid triggered by authorities in Croatia.

The 44-year-old probationary constable's home, in the New South Wales central west town of Cowra, was raided by police today after a tip off provided to Interpol by their Croatian counterparts.

Croatian police were investigating pornography downloaded from a website hosted in that country, NSW Police said.

Police raided the policeman's home at 8.15am (AEST), seizing a computer hard drive and a replica pistol.

Child pornography was allegedly found on the computer, police said.

The officer has been charged with possessing child pornography and a prohibited weapon.

He will appear in Cowra Local Court in November.

http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGd3d3LmViaXoucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUlMkZtZWRpYSUyRjMyMzYuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D

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