A pair of car thieves were caught red-handed after being spotted making their getaway by the vehicle's owner.
Dunedin police were alerted to a vehicle being stolen from Bridge St, Clyde Hill, about 3.50am this morning.
A unit was dispatched and quickly caught up with the men, who acknowledged the vehicle they were driving was not their own and they had stolen it only minutes before.
A police spokeswoman said unfortunately for the pair their arrest alerted police to other matters potentially linked to them and officers were now investigating their involvement in other thefts and burglaries.
``Someone saw them leaving the property,'' she said.
``We attended and they admitted they had just taken the vehicle.''
The pair were caught by a Dunedin dog unit.
One of the males was 20-years-old, while the other was 44-years-old.
``They have got charges of shoplifting and unlawfully taking a motor vehicle,'' the spokeswoman said.
