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ARARAT police have arrested two men after a police pursuit in Great Western on Wednesday morning.
An 18-year-old Roxburgh Park man and a 22-year-old Broadmeadows man were arrested after evading police for 10 hours.
Police said the driver of a Holden station wagon allegedly drove at a police vehicle and crossed onto the wrong side of the road.
Police began the pursuit about 1.10am.
Officers lost sight of the station wagon before locating it abandoned after it had collided with a tree stump on Bowtells Road.
The alleged offenders were arrested at a residential address in Main Streetat Great Western at 10.50am.
Ararat Crime Investigation Unit detectives continue to investigate.
Previously:
ABOUT a half dozen vehicles are at the scene of a police operation at Great Western.
A witness told Fairfax Media police were seen pursuing two suspects on foot in the town about 10.45am.
Fairfax Media witnessed police handcuff one person before placing them in the back of a police vehicle.
More to come