Officers Hid In Bushes To Stop Break-In, Police Say

SANTA CRUZ, CA — Two men were arrested after police hid in the bushes of a gas station to stop their break-in, Santa Cruz Police Chief Andrew Mills said on Twitter Thursday morning.

The men smashed in the glass of one of the double doors and left, Mills said. Police arrived to check out the scene and hid, waiting for the men to come back after they thought officers had left the scene.

The men returned and were detained, Mills said. Officers stayed to sweep up the broken glass.

Police will look after businesses during the shelter-in-place order, Mills said.

"Big surprise when cops popped out of the bushes," he said. "Great police work."

See photos of the scene here.