POLICE caught three men hiding in a paddock in Tooradin after a series of thefts throughout the Bass Coast region.
The offenders from Collingwood, Maribyrnong and Frankston were located in a nearby paddock after they were involved in a car crash, near Lynes Road, on the Bass Highway.
No-one was injured in the collision, which involved another car, on Wednesday 2 March about 10.10am.
The trio were driving a stolen car, which they had used to rob several houses.
Police cordoned off the road at the time, and the men have been processed by the Casey CIU.
Three netted after stolen car crashed

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