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SYDNEY, Thursday (Reuters) Two Australian teenagers have been arrested and charged with murder after the bodies of two Thai prostitutes were found in a crocodile-infested river, police said on Thursday.

The two women, aged 27 and 58, were found with their legs bound in the Adelaide River outside Darwin, the capital of the remote and rugged Northern Territory in Australia's tropical 'Top End'.

Northern Territory police said in a statement the two 18-year-olds were arrested in neighbouring Queensland state after search warrants were carried out by Queensland police late on Wednesday. Both were charged with two counts of murder.

The two men were due to appear in Brisbane magistrates court in Queensland later on Thursday, when Northern Territory would ask for their extradition back to Darwin. Police have identified the women, one aged 27 and the other 58, as prostitutes and have said they believe the pair drowned.

The women had been missing for several days and their bodies were found by tourists last week.

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