Adelaide teen charged with rape, producing child exploitation material

An Adelaide teenager has been arrested on a number of child pornography and abuse charges, including rape and producing child exploitation material.

Following a combined federal-state investigation, detectives from the Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team arrested a 17-year-old boy from Adelaide's northern suburbs on Monday, the AFP said in a joint statement with South Australian Police.

He was charged with two counts of rape, one count of producing child exploitation material and two counts of possessing child exploitation material, police said.

An Adelaide teenager has been arrested on a number of child pornography and abuse charges. Picture: AAP
An Adelaide teenager has been arrested on a number of child pornography and abuse charges. Picture: AAP


Police will allege that some of the children depicted in the exploitation material were under the age of 14.

The teenager was bailed and is set to appear in the Adelaide Youth Court on June 20.

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