CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 3 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
This is a joint media release between Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force.
Editor's note:Imagery of the search warrant is available viaHightail.
A Wangaratta man is expected to face Melbourne Magistrates Court today (3 October, 2025) for allegedly possessing and soliciting child abuse material from the Philippines via a messaging service.
ABF members searched the man, 43, when he arrived at Melbourne International Airport on a flight from Croatia via Singapore on 27 September, 2025.
Officers allegedly located child abuse images on a mobile phone in his possession.
AFP Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team (JACET) members were notified...