Saskatoon Police Service Sgt. Darren Parisien addresses a news conference in Regina, Wednesday, Oct.17, 2012. A boy in Saskatoon has been rescued as part of a multi-agency police investigation that targeted online child predators.THE CANADIAN PRESS/ROY ANTAL
October 17, 2012 - 1:37 PM
REGINA - A multi-agency investigation headed by the RCMP that targeted online child predators has led to a major child porn bust.
The Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children says one child was rescued and 21 people were arrested — 18 of them have been charged.
The charges include Internet luring, indecent exposure and accessing and distributing child pornography.
Police say more than 1,000 computers and hard drives were seized along with hundreds of thousands of images.
The investigation dubbed Operation Snapshot included police from across the Prairies, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
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