CANBERRA, ACT, March 9 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A Townsville man is expected to face Townsville Magistrates Court today (9 March, 2026) charged with accessing and possessing child abuse material.
The AFP Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team (JACET) charged the man, 22, after investigating a report from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about an Australian allegedly uploading child abuse material to an instant messaging platform.
Investigators executed a search warrant at a home on 19 February, 2026, where they seized multiple electronic devices.
A forensic examination of the devices allegedly identified multiple child abuse material files. The man was charged with...