A second person believed to be living with a missing teenager has been charged with unrelated weapons offences as the search for the 17-year-old continues.
Pheobe Bishop was last seen near Bundaberg airport, about four hours north of Brisbane, about 8.30am on May 15 after booking a trip to Western Australia.
Police have been combing through Gin Gin, an area near Bundaberg, after recently abandoning a search in a national park.
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As the search for the teen reaches two weeks, a man identified as Pheobe’s housemate, James Wood, has been charged with unrelated weapons offences.
Police allegedly found a shortened firearm and ammunition during a search of a grey Hyundai ix35 and a Gin Gin home.
The home – where Pheobe lived with two others – and the car, which was thought to have been used to take the teen to the airport, were declared crime scenes.
Wood, 34, was charged on Sunday with one count each of unlawful possession of weapons (short firearm) and authority to possess explosives.
He was issued with a notice to appear before Bundaberg Magistrates Court on June 13.
Another woman believed to be living with the teen, Tanika Kristan Bromley, was also charged with weapons offences concerning a shortened firearm, ammunition, and two replica handguns found in a search of the car and home.
Police have said the weapons charges were unrelated to Pheobe’s disappearance and there was no suggestion Bromley or Wood were involved.
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