Moe, the two-year-old cavoodle who was inside a car allegedly stolen from Melbourne’s south-east, has been reunited with his family.
Moe’s owner, Richard Buxton, had taken the dog to his local supermarket in Brighton to buy some groceries this morning.
“It’s a tragedy for my wife because she loves (Moe) like a son,” he said, earlier in the day.
“He is like a first member of the family.”
Two men were later arrested over the alleged theft of a black Mercedes station wagon and the cavoodle from the supermarket at about 7.30am.
Police said the men were driving a white BMW when they were involved in a crash on Dorothea Mackellar Ave in Oakleigh East about 11.45am.
A 20-year-old man from The Basin and a 25-year-old Ashwood man allegedly ran from the scene of the crash and were arrested by police nearby and charged with car theft and other offences.
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Police allege the BMW is linked to the stolen station wagon.
Witnesses told 9News the men were trailing Buxton in a white BMW before one man got out and stole the vehicle after the electronic keys were left in the centre console.
“It was very well planned. It just happened in a minute and the car was gone,” Buxton said.
Police tonight confirmed the pet pooch was back with the family.
But they said the car, a 2017 Mercedes C250 station wagon with roof racks and registration VBG 946, was yet to be located.
Both men will both appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court tomorrow.
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