A man has been charged with possessing child abuse material in the Lake Macquarie region yesterday.
About 9.30am (Thursday 5 March 2020), detectives from Lake Macquarie Police District executed a search warrant at a home on George Street, Holmesville, following reports a man was allegedly disseminating child abuse material over the internet.
Detectives spoke with a 49-year-old man and allegedly found child abuse material on his phone.
Following inquiries, computers, computer storage devices and mobile phones were seized by police.
The man was arrested and charged with one count of possess child abuse material.
He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear at Toronto Local Court on Tuesday 24 March 2020.