A 36-year-old Halifax man is facing child pornography charges in connection with alleged incidents in 2017 and 2018.
Police launched an investigation on Tuesday after receiving information that a man was communicating with a woman in another province in relation to creating child pornography.
Investigators searched an address on Caxton Close in Halifax on Thursday, where they seized several electronic devices for forensic analysis.
A suspect was arrested at another address in Halifax a short time later.
Julien Dugas is facing charges of possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, making arrangement for a sexual offence against a child, and making sexually explicit material available to a child.
Dugas was due to appear in Halifax provincial court on Friday.