Two people have been arrested, three homes raided and seven devices seized by Cumbria police during a crackdown on online child abuse.
The constabulary’s online child abuse investigation team took part in a week of action, which intensified focus on people being involved in accessing indecent images of children.
The action was taken as part of a regional and national campaign to tackle and deter online child sexual abuse.
Detective Inspector Fiona Gray leads Cumbria’s cyber and digital crime unit.
She said: “Viewing images of child abuse online is not a victimless crime.
“Behind every image is a real child who is suffering devastating sexual abuse. Viewing images fuels demand for the actual abuse.
“We are committed to targeting individuals who view and share child sexual abuse images, as well as those who communicate inappropriately with children online.
“We will do our upmost to ensure such offenders are brought to justice.”
Other action during the week included a suspect being charged.
