CANBERRA, ACT, March 6 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

A Warnbro man is expected to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today (6 March, 2026) charged with soliciting, transmitting and possessing child abuse material, and animal cruelty.

The AFP charged the man, 22, yesterday (5 March, 2026) after investigating reports from the United States' National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) about an online user uploading child abuse material via an instant messaging application.

AFP investigators allegedly linked the man to the illegal online activity.

A search warrant was executed at a Warnbro home yesterday (5 March, 2026), where investigators reviewed a mobile ph...