A pair of 17-year-old youths jointly face a total of 56 charges laid in a string of break-and-enters at cottages in South Frontenac and Central Frontenac townships.

The OPP started investigation amidst a "significant" number of burglaries to seasonal properties around Bob’s Lake, St. Andrew’s Lake and Craig Island, in the Westport area about 140 kilometres south of Ottawa.

The properties were ransacked and damage done to doors, windows and property totaling about $200,000.

Members of the Frontenac and Napanee detachments’ street crime unit laid charges of breaking and entering, mischief, possession of property obtained by crime and theft of a motor vehicle against the two youths. One of them also faces 14 additional charges.

One of the youths was released on a promise to appear in court in Kingston. The other was held in custody for a bail hearing scheduled for Friday.

Neither can be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.