About 3.30am January 8, the Collingullie Store was broken into and an amount of cash was stolen from the premises. 

CCTV footage and other evidence have been collected during the subsequent investigation.

On Wednesday, February 6, a 19-year-old male from Ashmont was arrested and charged in relation to the break and enter offence at the Collingullie Store. 

He has also been charged with other fraud and stolen goods offences. 

Charges included aggravated break and enter of dwelling in company, deal with property/proceeds of crime, participation in criminal group activity and two counts of dishonestly obtaining financial benefit by deception which deals with the fraudulent use of stolen ATM cards.

He was refused bail by police and attended Wagga Local Court on Thursday where he was again refused bail until his next court appearance. 

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