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A Manitoba police officer has been charged with child-pornography offences.

The 33-year-old member of the Altona Police Service was arrested Thursday and is charged with voyeurism, making child pornography and possessing child pornography.

He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Altona provincial court Jan. 26, Manitoba RCMP said in a news release.

The officer has been suspended with pay from the Altona Police Service. RCMP did not release his name or rank or say how long he has been a police officer. RCMP said they are not releasing his name in order to protect the identity of the victims, who are under the age of 17.

The Winnipeg RCMP’s major crime unit and the RCMP’s Internet Child Exploitation Unit assisted Altona police in their investigation.