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A Wainwright-based soldier is charged with child-pornography-related offences after a joint investigation by the province’s Internet Child Exploitation unit and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations.

It’s alleged the man attempted to arrange to meet up with a Texas girl for sex, said a Friday news release from the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams. In March, U.S. Homeland Security Investigations based in Laredo, Texas, began the child-luring probe.

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The accused — whose charges include making child pornography — was arrested Wednesday in Edmonton. His military residence was searched and a number of computers and electronic devices were seized. Military police and Alberta Sheriffs helped with the investigation.

“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations, and Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) are committed to seeking out and bringing to justice those who prey upon children, and this successful investigation is a good example of that outstanding international collaboration and partnership,” said Homeland Security Investigations Ottawa attaché Melissa Ruiz.

The man — a mobile support equipment operator with the Canadian Forces — has since been released from custody on a number of court-imposed conditions.

He is scheduled to appear in Edmonton court on June 30.

Steven Massey, 32, is charged with luring, making child pornography, and distribution of child pornography.