Detectives believe two teenage boys are behind the burglary of three handguns, a shotgun and two rifles from a home in Lutz.

But weeks later, they have yet to recover the weapons.

"The last thing I want is for these guns to be in the hands of somebody they shouldn't be," said Detective Stephen Titus, who's working the case.

The guns have been missing since the burglary in December.

Titus said two teens broke into the Lutz home, helped themselves to some sodas and Pay-Per-View. They then left, taking the guns with them, detectives say.

We're told all of the firearms were legal. And the owner, who was out of town at the time, kept them in cases, locked away in what he thought was a secure home.

Titus tells us two 16-year-old boys have since been arrested.  But while one of them is cooperating, saying they ditched the guns in the nearby woods, the other has retained a lawyer.

After a search of those woods turned up nothing, Det. Titus hopes the serial numbers the owner provided will point him in the right direction.

Titus has already entered the numbers into a national database, for law enforcement across the country to see.

"That would give them a hit on their end saying this item was reported stolen in Pasco County," Titus said.

He's also checking with Pasco County pawn shops who, by law, must report the serial numbers of guns bought and sold.

"Pawn shops have their place in the world. It's a place where legitimately you can sell your own property," Titus said. "However, they are unfortunately a place where you can unload property that doesn't belong to you."

While Titus keeps an eye on those databases, he'll keep working the case. He's already checked out Sunlake High School, where the boys are students.  None of the guns were found on campus.

Titus said it's possible one of the teens returned to the woods and simply grabbed them back. Or he said someone else could've stumbled across them. Either way, he said it's not a game of finders keepers and anyone with information needs to come forward.

"No consequence that we're going to do is any more dangerous then somebody getting hurt that shouldn't be hurt," Titus said.

Because of our crime guidelines, we cannot name the two underage teens arrested in this case.

We reached out to their parents for comment. None of our phone calls were returned.