TWO more men have been charged in connection to an alleged housefire, and gun and property theft in the state's north.
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Thomas Morley, 19, and Steven John Howard, 32, were both refused bail at Moree Local Court on Tuesday.
Police allege the pair were involved in a suspicious fire that destroyed a home at Bullarah.
New England Police District officers claim to have seized a number of firearms, 4000 rounds of ammunition and two cars that were allegedly stolen from the property before it burned down.
About 3pm on Monday, officers found Howard at a vacant industrial shed on the corner of Gosport and Thompson streets at Moree.
He was taken to Moree Police Station and charged with two counts of supplying a firearm to a person unauthorised to possess it; supply ammunition to an unauthorised person; receiving or disposing of stolen property. He has not entered any pleas.
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Morley pleaded guilty to acquiring a firearm while subject to a prohibition order and acquiring ammunition subject to a prohibition order. He has pleaded not guilty to larceny; break and enter with intent to steal; dishonestly obtaining financial advantage by deception; possession a loaded firearm in a public place; possession of ammunition without a licence and owner not identify identity of driver or passenger. The pair return to court in September.
Police investigations recovered 14 firearms, a large amount of ammunition and a suspected stolen quad bike.
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