Two boys will face court following a search of a home in the state's north yesterday.
About 9am (Monday 11 September 2023), officers attended a home on Petra Avenue, Tamworth, and arrested two boys – aged 13 and 15.
They were taken to Tamworth Police Station where the younger boy was charged with goods in personal custody suspected being stolen, receive/dispose stolen property, and breach of bail.
Police will allege in court, that a key to a Hyundai Kona – which had been reported stolen about 3am that morning from a home on Goonoo Goonoo Road, Tamworth – was found when the younger boy was searched.
He was refused bail to appear at a children's court on Tuesday 17 October 2023.
The older boy charged with breach of bail and was refused bail to appear at a children's court on Tuesday 31 October 2023.
Inquiries are continuing under Operation Mongoose.
