A 15-year-old boy has been charged following an investigation into a break-in at a Bourke motel on 22 February. 

Around 4:50am, officers attached to the Central North Police District were called to a motel on Anson Street in Bourke following reports of a break-in.

Police were told a group of around four unknown people allegedly armed with knives forced entry into staff accommodation and threatened the occupant, a 24-year-old man, before stealing cash, bank cards, and mobile phones.

The group then broke into a second motel room and threatened the occupant, a 52-year-old man,  with long knives, before fleeing with cash, bank cards, and a mobile phone.

The older man suffered a minor cut to his neck, with no other injuries reported.

The group then crashed through a locked gate in an allegedly stolen white Holden sedan before driving off. 

Specialist officers examined the crime scene. 

Around 11am that same day, officers located the Holden on Lewana Place in Orange. 

The vehicle had front-end damage to the windscreen and hood. It was seized for forensic examination. 

Police believe the break-and-enter at the Bourke motel is linked to another break-and-enter incident earlier that day at a caravan park on Becker Street in Bourke. 

Following inquiries by detectives from Central North Police District police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Short Street, Bourke around 9am on Tuesday 1 April. 

The boy was taken to Bourke Police Station and charged with five offences, including aggravated breaking and entering, committing a serious indictable offence while armed, taking and driving a conveyance without the owner's consent, committing a Section 112 offence and disseminating (post and boast), stealing, and being carried in a conveyance taken without the owner's consent. 

He was refused bail and will appear before children's court today, 2 April. 

Investigations into the break-and-enter at the Bourke motel continue.