Two Kamloops men implicated in a $3-million theft ring spanning B.C. to Manitoba will spend at least another 10 days in jail before finding out if they will receive bail.

On Friday, Cameron McElroy and Zachary Martin appeared in court via video from Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre, where they been held since their arrests on June 2.

The two men, both 20, were originally charged in connection with a lone break-in at a Salmon Arm clothing store last fall.

On June 12, however, the Crown laid dozens more charges against the pair for burglaries in a number of communities throughout the Interior.

McElroy, who is a business student at Thompson Rivers University, is facing 19 counts of break-and-enter.

Martin has been charged with 24 counts of break-and-enter and two additional breach charges.

Kamloops Mounties, who spent eight months working on the case, have described the theft ring as "sophisticated" and "organized crime," speculating there may be a link to a criminal gang.

In addition to the B.C. charges — which stem from incidents in Kamloops, Salmon Arm, Merritt, 100 Mile House, Kelowna and Penticton — McElroy and Martin are also believed to have charges pending against them in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Winnipeg Police arrested the pair in February after they were allegedly caught in the middle of a break-in at a strip mall.

At a bail hearing earlier this month, court heard McElroy and Martin had flown from Kelowna to Winnipeg, rented a car, a hotel room and a storage locker and began a brief crime spree before their arrest.

They were eventually released on bail and returned to B.C.

Wilson said the sophistication of the break-ins is startling.

Investigators also believe an inter-provincial distribution network was used to sell the stolen goods and Kamloops RCMP have tagged the stolen goods at an estimated $3 million.

McElroy had no criminal record until April, when he was convicted of breaching an undertaking and handed 60 days of house arrest.

Less than six weeks later, on May 13, he was arrested again after breaching the conditions of his house arrest — which required him to stay at his mother's house except if he was applying for a job.

He pleaded guilty, spent a night in jail and was sentenced to time served.

Martin was fined $1,250 and handed a year of probation last year after an incident in September in which he was charged with dangerous driving, flight from police and driving while prohibited.

Both men are scheduled to return to court on July 7 for a bail hearing, which is expected to last a half-day.