A man has been jailed after he was found with child abuse material and files depicting bestiality on his phone during a search at Melbourne Airport earlier this year.

The 38-year-old was selected by Australian Border Force (ABF) officers for a baggage and digital device examination after arriving from overseas in July 2023.

During a search officers located concerning content within a messaging application.

Further analysis led to the discovery of over 1000 files depicting child abuse material as well as over 2000 files depicting bestiality.

This content was hidden “within a photo vault application”, the ABF said.

The man’s phone was seized and on August 15 he pleaded guilty to several charges including possessing or control child abuse material obtained or accessing a carriage servi

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