MP arrested on child porn charges
Updated April 21, 2011 10:56:00
A South Australian Labor MP has been arrested and charged with child pornography offences.
The MP cannot be named for legal reasons but police arrested him at his home on Wednesday evening and took him to the city watch house.
Investigators spent some time inspecting a car parked in the driveway at the man's house.
They used plastic gloves to search the front and back seats as well as the boot and later emerged from the house carrying brown paper bags.
The MP has been charged with possession of child pornography, aggravated possession of child pornography and two counts of taking steps to access child pornography.
Police say the man was arrested as part of Operation Decimate, which targets offenders who use the internet for child exploitation-related offences.
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