By Casey Neill
TWO men were taken into custody on the Monash Freeway following a ram raid in Narre Warren.
A member of the public saw a van crash through the doors of a camping store on Narre Warren North Road just after 4.30am on Friday 2 September.
They saw the van’s occupants loading goods into the vehicle and called police.
Officers pursued the van for a short time before it sped off.
Another police unit came across the vehicle with its lights off near Belgrave-Hallam Road.
Its driver turned onto the Monash Freeway, travelling inbound in the outbound lanes until it crashed into a railing on the centre median strip.
One man ran from the van and into grassland, where he was arrested by a canine unit member with assistance from the air wing.
The other man allegedly carjacked a vehicle at the crash scene, reversed into another car, then side-swiped a police car before driving at police members who were getting out of the van.
The stolen car then collided with a prime mover.
Police sprayed the carjacker with capsicum spray and arrested him.
Both men, aged 26 and 22, were taken to hospital and placed under police guard.
Casey CIU is investigating. No police or members of the public were injured.
