A 20-year-old youth has been arrested on charges of sharing explicit videos and photographs of children to foreigners via Facebook, the Police said. 

According to the Police, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in the US had shared a report with the Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children & Women of Sri Lanka in this regard.

In the report, the NCMEC had highlighted the activities of the 20-year-old man, after which the Police Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children & Women had launched a probe into the matter.

Presenting facts to the Fort Magistrate’s Court, the Police had obtained a detailed report on the suspect’s mobile phone, after which they had apprehended the suspect in Ragama. 

A mobile phone and computer containing explicit content belonging to the suspect, a resident of Ragama, were taken into Police custody. 

The Police Bureau for the Investigation of Abuse of Children & Women of Sri Lanka is conducting further investigations. (Newswire)

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