Police have charged two people with a string of offences following a dangerous vehicle stop near Inverell.
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Officers allege the woman and teenager broke into a house on a property near Elsmore earlier this week. Police will allege in court the pair stole a large amount of property including numerous registered firearms.
About 8.30am on Monday, police were called to Elsmore Road, Elsmore following reports of a suspicious vehicle.
New England police spotted a white Ford Falcon with no registration plates on Silvermines Road, Elsmore.
Police managed to stop the car and arrested a 22-year-old woman and a 17-year-old teenage boy.
During a search of the vehicle, officers will allege they found ammunition, firearm accessories, three chains saws, a safe, and numerous other tools and fencing equipment.
The woman and teenage boy were taken to Inverell Police Station where they were questioned by investigators and later charged.
The 22-year-old woman was charged with break, enter and steal, enter inclosed lands, custody of a knife in a public place, goods in custody, possess unauthorised firearm and possess ammunition without holding a licence or permit.
The 17-year-old is facing charges of break, enter and steal, enter inclosed lands, destroy or damage property, possess unauthorised firearm and drive motor vehicle while licence suspended.
Both were refused bail and appeared in an out-of-sessions bail hearing in Inverell Local Court on Tuesday morning.
The woman was refused bail while the teenage boy was granted conditional bail.
Both will front court again later this week.