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Ontario man found with hundreds of child pornography images, police say

Quebec provincial police say 26 men ranging in age from 17 to 84 were arrested this week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

A 40-year-old from Barrie is facing multiple child pornography charges after police say they found hundreds of images on his computer.

On Thursday, members of the Barrie Police Service’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit arrested a 40-year-old Barrie man following an online child pornography investigation.

Police say a computer device was seized.

In January, investigators received an online tip concerning the uploading of child pornography.

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The investigation led to police seizing multiple computer devices for forensic analysis.

Police say forensics found hundreds of images of child pornography.

The man has been charged with accessing child pornography and possession of child pornography.

He was remanded into custody and held for bail.

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