Two Santa Barbara men arrested after stealing a vehicle from City Lot 11 on Anacapa Street

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – Two Santa Barbara men were taken into custody for vehicle theft and narcotics charges after stealing a vehicle from City Lot 11 on Anacapa Street Friday morning.

On May 1, around 9:20 a.m., officers were called to City Lot 11 in the 500 block of Anacapa Street for a stolen vehicle report stated a press release from the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Arriving officers spoke with the owner of the missing vehicle, shared the owner's description with units in the area, and located the stolen vehicle driving nearby detailed the Santa Barbara Police Department.

According to Santa Barbara Police, officers followed the vehicle as it returned to City Lot 11, watched two men exit the vehicle and begin to walk away before officers contacted the duo, later identified as a 33-year-old man and a 43-year-old man both from Santa Barbara, and took them into custody without incident.

The men were booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on vehicle theft and narcotics-related charges shared the Santa Barbara Police Department.

Officers were able to return the vehicle to its owner added the local law enforcement agency.