A woman who reportedly sent her 12-year-old daughter on a plane to be sexually abused by a paedophile has been arrested, along with the alleged sex attacker.

The Gwinnett Police Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Taskforce arrested the mother, Adrienne Klein, 43, from the Gulf Breeze city in Florida and the alleged abuser Gesart Hoxha, 20, from the city of Buford in Georgia.

Arlington Police Department in Texas started the investigation when they contacted Gwinnett police after learning of the alleged assault.

The police said: “Our detectives learned that Klein and Hoxha facilitated the transportation of Klein’s 12-year-old daughter across state lines from Texas to Gwinnett.

“Detectives executed a search warrant at Hoxha’s home, at Appaloosa Lane in Buford. Large sums of cash and explicit photos of the victim were uncovered. Hoxha exchanged several messages online with the girl who he persuaded to send him explicit photos.

“Klein and Hoxha arranged travel to Gwinnett County for Klein’s 12-year old daughter by purchasing the flight for the child to fly from Texas to Gwinnett County, and provided money for the hotel stay.”

Klein is pending extradition to Gwinnett County and is charged with enticing a child for indecent purposes, and cruelty to children in the 2nd degree.

Hoxha is charged with child molestation, statutory rape, enticing for rape, enticing a child for indecent purposes, use of a minor in sexually explicit conduct and recording it and indecency with a child.