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Canberra man charged with online child sex offences after drive of child abuse material seized in raid

The 56-year-old man was charged with one count of using a carriage service to engage in sexual activity with a child under 16 years of age, and two counts of possession of child abuse material.(ABC News: Ian Cutmore)

A 56-year-old man has been arrested and charged by ACT Policing with a number of online child sex offences.

Police carried out a search at a residence in Kambah, in Canberra's south, yesterday as part of an ACT Joint Anti Child Exploitation Team investigation.

During the search, "an expansion drive containing video and image files depicting child abuse material" was allegedly discovered.

Police also alleged one of the videos depicted the man himself, "engaging in a sex act while viewing 'live' child abuse material".

Police seized the drive, and it will undergo further digital forensic analysis.

The man was arrested and charged with one count of using a carriage service to engage in sexual activity with a child under 16 years of age, and two counts of possession of child abuse material.

He will appear before the ACT Magistrates Court today.

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