A SIXTEEN-year-old boy has been charged following a series of break and enters across the region earlier this month, five of which were business in Boonah's town centre.

Five shops in Boonah were broken into around 1.00am on Friday, January 10.

Shopfront windows were smashed and cash or tills were stolen from Anna’s Hair and Beauty, Boonah Pizza, Arthur Clive’s Bakery Cafe, Sugarloaf Bakery and Sandie Lee’s Kitchen.

Not long afterwards Boonah Police OIC Sgt Peter Boyce said the crimes were part of similar instances and CCTV footage linked them to similar thefts that happened in other areas in South East Queensland.

Detectives investigating the burglaries said a teenager has now been charged.

"The boy was involved in multiple break and enters of businesses in Boonah, Springfield, Browns Plains, Springfield Lakes, South Brisbane and Brassall between January 9 and 23," a police spokesperson said.

"Following extensive investigations, detectives from the Ipswich Criminal Investigation Unit executed a search warrant at a Park Ridge address on January 24, where a 16-year-old boy was taken into custody."

The teenager has been charged with 21 counts of enter premises and commit, three counts of receive tainted property and one of stealing.

He appeared before the Ipswich Childrens Court today (January 25).