Woman, 18, is charged with child sex abuse and producing child pornography

Woman, 18, is charged with child sex abuse and producing child pornography after police officers rescue a baby Melbourne teenager arrested on Wednesday at address in the suburb Lalor Followed an investigation by the Victorian Joint Anti-Child Exploitation Team Woman, 18, charged with transmitting child pornography and other offences  Police said the charges carried a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars

By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 11:49 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 11:54 GMT, 21 March 2019

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Police were forced to rescue a baby before charging a teenage woman with child sexual abuse and pornography offences.    

An 18-year-old woman, from Lalor in Melbourne's north, was arrested by police and charged with using a carriage service to produce and transmit child pornography, and the sexual touching of a child under 16 and sexual penetration of a child under 12.   

The dramatic arrest followed a tip-off from authorities working for the National Crime Authority

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