Police have charged a man and woman following multiple alleged break-ins in Newcastle City.

During the last month police from Newcastle Local Area Command have been investigating multiple break-ins around Newcastle.

About10pm (Friday 26 June 2015), officers have attended Maude Street, Mayfield, and spoke to a man and woman sitting in a car.

Police searched the car and allegedly located over 45 items that had been stolen from multiple homes.

The man, aged 33, and the woman, aged 40, were arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station.

The woman was charged with three counts of aggravated break and enter, four counts of larceny, and enter vehicle without consent.

The man was charged with larceny, enter vehicle without consent, break enter steal and aggravated break enter and steal.

They were both refused bail to appear at Newcastle Bail Court today (Saturday 27 June 2015).