A Queensland man who allegedly travelled almost 2000km to have sex with a child has been arrested in a police sting.
Detectives swooped on the 20-year-old after he left Mount Isa and went to a Brisbane fast-food outlet on Friday to meet a 15-year-old girl he'd allegedly groomed online.
The girl was actually an undercover officer attached to task force Argos, which investigates online child exploitation and abuse.
The man has been charged with using the internet to procure a child, and grooming offences. He's been released on bail and will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
"Every day Argos has undercover officers working in a range of online platforms to detect and apprehend people who seek to exploit children in our community," Detective Inspector Glen Donaldson said after the arrest.
"To those that seek to engage in this predatory behaviour, just remember that the next 'child' that you engage may be a member of Argos."
