Tocumwal Man Charged With Child Abuse Offences

Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged a man with alleged child abuse material offences under Strike Force Glandore.

Strike Force Glandore was established in 2023 by State Crime Command's Sex Crimes Squad Child Internet Exploitation Unit (CIEU) to investigate the online distribution, supply and access of child abuse material.

As part of ongoing investigations, about 6.20am yesterday (Monday 9 February 2026), strike force detectives executed a search warrant in Tocumwal.

At the address, police located and seized a mobile phone and laptop allegedly containing over 125,000 files of child abuse material.

A 56-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Finley Police Station, where he was charged with use carriage etc to access child abuse material and possess etc child abuse data-use carriage service.

The man was refused bail to appear in Bail Division Local Court 5 today (Tuesday 10 February 2026).

Anyone with information that may assist investigations into the distribution of child abuse material is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is managed on a confidential basis. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.

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