A 30-year-old man was arrested following the alleged theft of an excavator in Cranbourne West this morning.
Dandenong police were at an address on Western Port Highway when they observed a man allegedly driving a stolen excavator just after midday.
Officers attempted to intercept the offender when he drove through a fence and into a nearby paddock.
Police then ran after the man who was arrested in the paddock on Storm Avenue in Lyndhurst a short time later.
The Skye man is currently in custody.
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