Halifax Regional Police say they’ve arrested a man on child pornography charges on Thursday.
Police say they received information from the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre of suspected child pornography being uploaded from a Halifax IP address on July 24.
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Members of the Internet Child Exploitation (ICE) unit then conducted a search of a Halifax home on Thursday.
As a result of the police search, 22-year-old Nicholas Robert Siteman of Halifax was arrested without incident.
Police say that investigators seized a number of electronic devices for forensic analysis.
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Siteman is charged with possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.
He appeared in Halifax provincial court on Thursday. Nova Scotia law requires that suspected child pornography is reported.
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