Two men have been arrested after a shoe was left behind during an aggravated burglary in Lyndhurst.
Police officers were called to reports of a man trying to enter the front door of a home on Kess Grove about 2.35am on Thursday 5 May.
They say he stole a torch from a car parked in the driveway and fled.
Twenty minutes later, police were called to a home burglary in Whisper Street.
A man had allegedly disturbed the resident while trying to steal a bicycle from the home’s garage.
He fled, leaving a shoe behind.
Police and a canine unit found two men nearby, one of whom was missing a shoe.
After a short foot chase, police caught and arrested the pair near the corner of Endeavour and Steele streets.
The 18-year-old men from Cranbourne North were taken into custody for questioning, police say.
