Two more teens have been arrested in connection with a spate of marijuana store burglaries earlier in the year.

Androscoggin County Sheriff’s investigators Monday arrested two juveniles in connection with two separate burglaries at 45 North Cannabis Co. at 2742 Auburn Road in April and May.

The teens, 13 and 15 years old, were charged following a high-speed car chase that started in Waldo County and ended in Waterville early Monday. A total of five people, an adult and four juveniles, were arrested following the chase.

When Androscoggin County officials learned of that development, they sent a detective to Waterville to charge the pair connected to the two break-ins in Turner. The teens were taken to Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, and charged with several counts of burglary, theft, aggravated criminal mischief and unauthorized use of property.

The number of teens arrested in break-ins in the area has been rising.

In April, two Portland area teens, 16 and 17 years old, were arrested by the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office in connection with a slew of burglaries at gun and marijuana stores in Turner and Sabattus earlier.

The teens had been using stolen vehicles during those heists, police said. The teens were captured after police examined surveillance footage from area Flock cameras, GPS data from a stolen truck and video from security cameras at the Maine Mall in Portland.

In recent weeks, police in several areas have been involved in vehicle pursuits of teens believed to be connected to burglaries at gun and marijuana stores across the area. During some of those chases, police said, teens inside the vehicle have flung various items at the pursuing officers.

Investigators say the teens are using stolen cars for the heists. Several of the vehicles have since been recovered in various parts of the state.

Investigators from several jurisdictions are exploring the possibility that the teens targeting pot stores are connected to larger, out-of-state gangs, with adult members who pay the kids cash for any marijuana and guns they can steal.

Since the break-ins began, gun and marijuana stores have been hit in several area towns, including Turner, Sabattus and Mechanic Falls. In surveillance footage, the teens are typically seen in dark, hooded attire and are often carrying weapons such as hammers or hatchets.

They are also carrying laundry baskets or similar receptacles to fill with stolen merchandise.

Some of the store owners, while appreciative of the police efforts to nab the suspects, have expressed frustrations over the fact that at least two of the teens arrested previously have already been released from Long Creek to home confinement.

“I’m overtly grateful for the amount of work and time law enforcement has put in,” said Jeremy Nadeau, co-owner of 45 North Cannabis Co. “I’m just worried that it will all be for naught when they just let these kids back out on the streets.”

In Lewiston, where a number of teens have been charged with shootings and gun possession in recent weeks, the police chief complained that the juvenile justice system is not doing an adequate job of keeping the worst offenders in custody.