American Man Arrested for Possessing Child Pornography

 | Fri 8 Sep 2017 07:40 ICT

CityNews – Thailand Internet Crimes Against Children (TICAC) arrested an American man on September 7th at his apartment on Huay Kaew Road for possessing child pornography in his laptop.


Douglas Wayne Canete, a 66-year old American man, was arrested at his apartment after a TICAC officers investigated his residence, with a warrant, finding media files containing child pornography content on his laptop.

Possession of child pornography is considered against The Computer Crimes Act. Officers have seized the evidence along with other electronic equipment which may contain further illegal content.

The case was handed over to Chang Phueak police station for prosecution.