10/11/2008

Man Arrested In Child Porn International Operation

A man has been arrested in Dublin following an international operation into Internet child pornography.

Gardai at Balbriggan, working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland, other UK Police Forces and Law Enforcement in the United States, arrested a 47-year-old man on Saturday evening in the north County Dublin area.

According to Gardaí, officers from the Garda Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Unit and the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation were also involved.

The man was being detained at Balbriggan Garda Station and will appear before a sitting of Swords District Court at 10.30am this morning in connection with the investigation.

(DW)

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