One of the men was driving a pickup truck while the other was riding in the truck bed when the truck pulled up to the car, which was parked along Farrington Highway, police said.

They said the man who was in the bed hopped out, popped the trunk open and loaded the suitcases into the truck, which then took off driving south on Farrington.

A witness who saw what happened found the 65-year-old man who had driven the car to the site where it was broken into and then helped him find a police officer to report the incident.

The two men, ages 24 and 27, were stopped by police a short distance down the highway and arrested for suspicion of unlawful entry into a motor vehicle.

Brazen clothes thief arrested

A girl who took a stack of clothing to the check out counter at a store in Hale'iwa and the refused to pay for them before she left with the clothes was arrested yesterday for suspicion of second-degree theft.

Police said the girl, whose age was not disclosed, told a store employee she was not going to pay for the clothes and the employee would have to call the police to stop her. The girl then walked out of the store about 12:20 p.m. with the clothing.