Dubbo: Two boys aged 11, 13 and man charged following an alleged break and enter

Two boys, including an 11-year-old, and a man have been charged following an alleged break and enter in the Central West. Here’s the latest.

A man and two boys will face court. Picture: Ryan Young

A man and two youths, including an 11-year-old boy, have been charged following an alleged break, enter and steal in the Central West.

Orana Mid-Western Police District officers established Operation Boa, targeting property-related crime in Dubbo and surrounds earlier this year.

A group of youths allegedly entered a home on Page Ave, Dubbo, and stole keys to a Hyundai Ix35 and a Kia Seltos, about 12am on January 27.

Orana Mid-Western Police District officers attended the home and commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.

The Hyundai was located abandoned on the corner of Douglas and Wellington St, Geurie, and was seized for forensic examination about 7am the same morning.

Two boys and an 18-year-old man have been charged. Pics Bill Hearne

The Kia was located about 4.30am on January 30, well alight in a park on the Newell Hwy, Dubbo.

Following inquiries, officers attended a home in Dubbo about 1pm the same day and arrested a 13-year-old boy.

Police attended the same home about 10pm that evening and arrested an 11-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man.

A generic image of a car being burnt in Dubbo. Photo: Supplied.

The trio were taken to Dubbo Police Station.
All three were charged with being carried in a stolen vehicle with the 11 and 18-year-old also charged with breach of bail.

The two boys were refused bail to appear at a children’s court on January 31.

The 18-year-old was refused bail to appear at Dubbo Local Court on January 31.

Inquiries under Operation Boa continue.