A teenage boy has been charged following an investigation into an alleged aggravated break and enter at North Avoca.
Officers attached to Brisbane Water Police District have been investigating the incident at North Avoca where an SUV was stolen.
They were operating under Strike Force Connect, which forms part of a wider regional investigative strategy under Operation Regional Mongoose North – a police operation to tackle serious property-related crime committed predominately by young offenders.
Police allege that at about 1am on Thursday, January 16, a group of young people broke into a home on Bradleys Rd, North Avoca, and stole the keys to a Land Rover Discovery and a mobile phone while the occupants of the house were asleep, before driving off in the vehicle.
Following an investigation by Strike Force officers, a 16-year-old boy was arrested at Bateau Bay on Friday, February 14.
He was taken to Wyong Police Station where he was charged with six offences: Be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner; Drive conveyance taken without consent of owner; Drive whilst unlicensed; and three counts of shoplifting.
He was refused bail by police until his hearing before a children’s court on Friday, February 14, where he was granted conditional bail, to appear before the same children’s court on Friday, February 28.
Investigations continue.
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