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Police allege a couple looted a bushfire-damaged store on the NSW South Coast and stole mobile phones to swap for money to buy drugs.

Cleaner Kylie Pobjie, 31, and her boyfriend, plumber Leon Elton, 38, allegedly twice broke in last Wednesday night to a Bateman’s Bay shop.

The Betta Electrical store had been burnt on the afternoon of New Year’s Eve in a bushfire which swept through the town’s Homemaker Centre along the Princes Highway.

Ms Pobjie, who is from Narooma, and Mr Elton allegedly drove 70km from Narooma to Batemans Bay.

Allegation by police in documents tendered to Wollongong Local Court last weekend, according to the ABC, claim the pair parked outside the Batemans Bay cemetery across the highway from the Homemaker Centre.

They then allegedly entered the Betta store and took several electrical items.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Tanya Pavlin, alleged the two drove off, rummaged through the items and then returned a second time to loot some more.

It is further alleged Ms Pobjie and Mr Elton exchanged the items for drugs and as payment for use of the vehicle.

Both accused have criminal histories, the court heard, and were refused bail.

Police arrested Ms Pobjie last Friday after allegedly seizing a number of electrical items from her Narooma home.

They then went to Mr Elton’s home at Tilba Tilba and arrested him after allegedly finding more items.

A solicitor representing the accused pair told the court Ms Pobjie had phoned the police and admitted to the alleged crime and would be unlikely to breach bail conditions.

However, Registrar Peter Ritchie said the alleged offence caused “significant risk of harm to the community” and refused bail.

He said Ms Pobjie had a “very extensive prior criminal history” having spent “several periods in custody in 2017 for drug offences”.

Ms Pobjie sobbed and placed her head in her hands during her court appearance.

The pair are due to face court again on Monday.

candace.sutton@news.com.au