After a months-long federal investigation, a Bellingham man was arrested Wednesday for alleged child pornography while attempting to flee the country.
Iain Patrick Pollock, 62, was arrested April 7 on suspicion of dealing in depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, according to Bellingham Police Lt. Claudia Murphy.
From June 2020 to February 2021, the Homeland Security Investigations team in Blaine conducted an investigation into child pornography. Homeland Security determined Pollock’s IP address was one from which child pornography files were allegedly sent and obtained by federal investigators, Murphy said.
Homeland Security investigators applied for a search warrant and entered Pollock’s home in March of this year, where they seized “numerous items,” including an external drive, Murphy said.