Undercover detectives catch online child predator

A man has been charged after he was caught allegedly trying to procure, what he thought was a 14-year-old girl, for sex.

The 64-year-old from Macksville was arrested yesterday following a covert online investigation into the sexual abuse and exploitation of children facilitated through the internet.

Police allege the man believed he was speaking to a 14-year-old girl and made numerous sexually explicit comments to the child and requested to meet her for the purpose of sexual activity.

He has since been charged with using a carriage service to procure person under 16 years of age for sexual activity and

He was taken to Parramatta Police Station, where he was charged with using a carriage service to procure person under 16 years of age for sexual activity and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court later today.