19 Jun 2025
A 34-year-old man has been arrested in connection with sexual offences following an operation by paedophile hunters.
A team from online child protection organisation Cobra Hunters stopped the man in Waxhouse Gate, close to St Albans Cathedral, yesterday evening.
They peacefully kept him at the scene while awaiting the arrival of police officers.
A spokesperson for Herts police said: “At around 6.15pm on Wednesday 18 June, police attended an address on High Street. A 34-year-old man was arrested in connection with sexual offences. The man has been released on bail while enquiries are continuing until 18 September.”
Full details of the Cobra operation cannot be revealed for legal reasons, but it is believed the man had thought he was meeting a 12-year-old girl he had been talking to online, unaware that “she” was in fact a decoy.
