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Rachael Ward

Two men accused of recruiting kids for $2m robbery gang

Police seize cigarettes that were allegedly stolen by a gang of child thieves. (HANDOUT/VICTORIA POLICE)

Charges have been laid against two alleged ringleaders of a gang that used children to steal more than $2 million in cash and cigarettes.

Police allege the Burwood and Ferntree Gully men, both 19, recruited more than 20 children aged 12 to 17 to carry out more than 140 burglaries and armed robberies in Melbourne's east.

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