Two NSW men charged after child exploitation sting
Two men have been charged after a NSW police covert online investigation into child exploitation.
A 40-year-old man from the Northern Rivers area was arrested on Tuesday on the Evans River and later charged with using a carriage service to procure a person under 16 years old for sexual activity.
Police will allege in court the man believed he was speaking to a 13-year-old girl, and engaged in sexually-explicit conversations with the supposed child and made arrangements to meet her in person.
After the arrest, police executed a search warrant at a caravan park and a home, where several electronic devices and items of clothing were seized.
He was refused bail and will appear at Lismore Local Court on Wednesday.
A 31-year-old man was also arrested at a business at Alstonville on Monday.
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He was charged with using a carriage service to groom a person under 16 years old for sexual activity.
During the arrest, police located and seized a mobile phone.
He was granted strict conditional bail and is due to appear at Lismore Local Court on February 5.
The arrests were part of the ongoing Child Exploitation Internet Unit, Strike Force Trawler, into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet and related telecommunications devices.
