A Hamilton man has been arrested for possession of child pornography after police searched an east end apartment on Wednesday.

Officers from the internet child exploitation unit and the technological crimes unit launched the investigation after receiving information that child pornography had been uploaded online.

Officers searched devices seized from the apartment and on Thursday, arrested a man and a woman at an apartment on Main Street West. The woman was released "unconditionally," police say.

A 29-year-old Hamilton man was charged with one count of possessing child pornography.

He is scheduled for a bail hearing Friday.