EAST GREENWICH TWP. — A 19-year-old Turnersville man is in jail for helping to steal 40 guns from an East Greenwich Township home last month. But 39 of those guns were still missing as of Thursday.

The weapons, which include 30 handguns and 10 long arm guns, were taken from a Linden Street home in the township’s Mickleton section. The burglars broke into a firearms safe, police said.

A resident reported they’d been taken sometime over the past month. He'd been away all that time on a work assignment, said township police Detective Sgt. Matthew Brenner.

Detectives questioned suspects overnight, police said, and the 19-year-old, whom they declined to identify, confessed. He told them the guns were taken from the Linden Street home in February and sold at at several locations in Camden, according to a statement from township police released Thursday.

Authorities are now seeking two more people they think helped steal the guns. Police also believe one of the thieves knows the victim

Police on Thursday said one of the guns had been found in Burlington County.

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