A 25-year-old woman is due to face court this morning accused of breaking into a Muswellbrook work site.
Security alerted police to a break-in at the ARTC site on Willlam Street at about midnight.
Officers were quickly on scene and noticed a man and woman running off across the rail line through a creek.
They found a 25-year-old woman hiding in bushes nearby - her male accomplice managed to get away - he was carrying a bag which police suspect contained items from the work site.
The woman's been charged with break, enter and steal and has been refused bail.
