Duo caught looting scene of horror Wieambilla murders

Two men have been charged after being caught allegedly trying to steal from the property where three people, including two cops, were killed in a bloody ambush.

Detectives have charged two men who they allege tried to steal two motorbikes from the Wieambilla property where two police and a bystander were killed last week.

Four police officers walked into an ambush at a property in the Western Downs on Monday afternoon while looking for former school principal Nathaniel Train, who had been reported missing in country NSW.

Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow were shot dead, along with bystander Alan Dare.

Constable Randall Kirk and Constable Keely Brough escaped.

The home of Gareth and Stacey Train on Wains Rd at Wieambilla.

The officers were murdered by Gareth Train, a doomsday conspiracy theorist with a hatred for police, his wife Stacey, a former schoolteacher and Gareth’s brother Nathaniel. They killed Mr Dare after he heard shooting and saw black smoke from a fire.

The Trains were then shot dead by police after a stand-off with specialist officers.

Police said they would allege two men parked their car near the Wains Rd property about 2am on Sunday and travelled on foot through bushland to the house and shed area.

Police block the unsealed Wains Rd at Wieambilla earlier this week. Picture: Liam Kidston

“They have removed two motorcycles and began pushing them to their vehicle,” police said in a statement.

“Police performing patrols as part of crime scene duties have located and arrested the men.”

Two Tara men, one aged 23 and one aged 25, have been charged with one count each of unlawful trespass, stealing by looting and two counts of supply dangerous drug (cannabis) in unrelated matters.

They are due to appear in the Chinchilla Magistrates Court on February 2.