Bail hearing set over for Filipino crewmen accused of possession of child porn

Published Friday July 25th, 2008

THE CANADIAN PRESS

DARTMOUTH, N.S. - A bail hearing has been set over until Monday for two Filipino crewmen facing charges after a search of a ship turned up child pornography on laptop computers.

Customs officers went aboard the oil tanker, M/T Negotiator, that was in the Port of Halifax this week.

Jose Ervin Mahigne Porquez, 37, and Ernesto Fadol Basanes, 43, both of the Philippines, were arrested Monday and charged with violating the Customs Act by smuggling prohibited goods.

Lawyers for the men say they may be ready for a show-cause hearing when they return to a Dartmouth, N.S., court.

The Canada Border Services Agency says one of the laptops contained pornographic pictures of boys and girls as young as eight years old.

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