LANCASHIRE Police seized material and arrested one man from a Blackpool address on January 17 after receiving information from the Metropolitan Police Paedophile Unit.

As Lancashire police explained : "We can confirm that officers from Lancashire Constabulary this morning executed a search warrant on one address within the Western division area.

"The search was carried out in Blackpool and as a result material was seized and one man was arrested. This search was carried out as part of a wider intelligence led operation being carried out by the Metropolitan Police Paedophile Unit."