A Sydney man has been charged after he allegedly tried to groom a child online.

Police launched an investigation in June this year into the online activities of a 29-year-old man.

Officers created a social media profile purporting to be an adult woman with a young daughter.

Police said detectives spoke with the man who allegedly engaged in a number of sexually explicit conversations involving the child and arranged for a meeting to take place in the Westmead area in the city's west.

The 29-year-old man was arrested in Westmead yesterday.

He was taken to Parramatta Police Station where he was charged with use carriage service-engage in sexual activity with child, use carriage service-solicit child abuse material and use carriage service make available child abuse.

The man was re

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