SURREY and Sussex Police have arrested 31 people as a result of a national operation to track down paedophiles. Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Cundy, of the Surrey and Sussex Specialist Crime Command, said: "Working closely with the National Crime Agency we have identified and arrested those who use the internet to access indecent images of children. This operation aimed to protect children who are, or might be at risk of sexual exploitation. "Those who access indecent images should know the internet is not anonymous and we will pursue you. Every day police officers and staff from Surrey and Sussex Police work alongside our partners in statutory and voluntary agencies, to identify and safeguard children and young people who are at risk of, or are suffering physical or sexual abuse." The Surrey and Sussex Paedophile On-Line Investigation Teams (POLIT) received 46 intelligence reports from National Crime Agency's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre as part of Operation Notarise between April and June this year. This resulted in 29 warrants being executed in Sussex with 24 arrests, and six warrants being executed in Surrey with seven arrests. All arrests were for offences relating to the possession and/or sharing of indecent images of children. In Sussex, 332 computers and related items were seized, and in Surrey 72 were seized. For full story, see this week's Haslemere Herald.