A Shilo-based soldier who was about to be deployed to Afghanistan has been charged with possessing child pornography.
The RCMP child-exploitation unit arrested the 26-year-old soldier last Thursday at Canadian Forces Base Shilo.
The base is about 200 kilometres west of Winnipeg.
The Mounties say they began investigating the soldier last month.
They say he was found with folders on his computer containing images of child pornography that were available to be viewed by others on the Internet.
Timothy Gallacher has been charged with possessing, accessing and making child pornography available on the Internet.
The military confirmed Gallacher is a member of the Second Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Shilo, and that he was to deploy to Afghanistan shortly.
Gallacher will make his first court appearance March 6 in Brandon. — CanWest News Service
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