A man accused of breaking into multiple cars at a construction company and stealing a pickup truck is placed under arrest.

Forty-six-year-old Freddy Elichmwai is charged with five counts of burglary to a motor vehicle, theft of a motor vehicle and eluding police.

Court documents state Elichmwai led officers on a brief chase after police spotted him in the stolen pickup truck.

He stopped and allegedly fled on foot into a jungle area before police caught up with him and made the arrest.