Police arrest two over break in at Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Highfields

Police raided a Highfields home on Tuesday and recovered a large amount of gear that was allegedly stolen from a local school a day earlier.

A teenage boy and a woman have been held in police custody overnight after they were found in possession of a large amount of gardening gear allegedly stolen from Mary MacKillop Catholic College.

Toowoomba Criminal Investigation Branch Officer-in-Charge Senior Sergeant Paul McCusker said police will allege the pair cut the lock on a gate and gained access to a gardening shed at the school some time late Monday evening or early Tuesday morning.

“A Gator four-wheeler and a large quantity of gardening equipment was (allegedly) stolen,” he said.

On Tuesday, Highfields Police along with officers from the Toowoomba Property Crime Team raided a home on Bowtell St and recovered all the stolen property.

They also arrested a 23-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy.

Both were held in custody and on Wednesday were charged with entering a premises and committing an indictable offence, possessing tainted property, possessing drug utensils and breaching bail. They will face the Toowoomba Magistrates Court and Toowoomba Childrens Court on Wednesday.

Originally published as Police arrest two over break in at Mary MacKillop Catholic College, Highfields