Man in hotel quarantine is charged with bringing vile child abuse photos and videos into Australia after police raid

A Sydney man in hotel quarantine has been charged with possessing vile child abuse material that was said to be smuggled from the US.

The man was stopped at Sydney Airport and was searched, with his laptop confiscated before beginning mandatory quarantine for 14 days.

A forensic examination of the laptop allegedly uncovered child abuse material, and Australian Border Force and NSW police officers executed a search warrant on the man's hotel room, seizing other electronics. 

The man was arrested and is in custody after being charged.

A man returning to Sydney from the USA has been charged and is in custody after a search of his laptop and hotel room allegedly uncovered child abuse material

In total 15 alleged child sex offenders have been deported and had their visas cancelled by border patrol who have uncovered over 240 pieces of abuse material.

The Australian Border Force has also found 13 further incidents of child abuse material, seizing the imports of child-like sex dolls.

These seizures were reported to the Commonwealth Department of Public Prosecution.

The Australian Border Force has deported 15 child abuse offenders and a further 13 incidents of child abuse were seized, including child like sex dolls

'Child abusers take advantage of silence. Talking about the important work this Government is doing to end child abuse helps to pull abusers out of the shadows and into jail cells,' Home Affairs minister Karen Andrews said.

A small group of Australian Border Force officers were given extra police powers last year, allowing them to execute search warrants.

'As the results show, this work has not stopped during the pandemic,' Ms Andrews said.