A man has been arrested by police after falling asleep in an allegedly stolen vehicle at a McDonald’s car park.

Victoria Police were told an allegedly stolen Toyota Landcruiser was being driven through Melton, in Melbourne’s western outskirts, about 1.30am on Sunday.

Officers were dispatched to the area and located the car, before following it east through Thomastown and Preston, then south to Thornbury, Fairfield, Alphington, Clifton Hill, Fitzroy, Abbottsford and into the CBD.

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Victoria Police caught up with the car when it stopped at the fast-food restaurant on City Rd in Southbank.

The driver of the vehicle went into the restaurant while a passenger, a 30-year-old man, fell asleep in the backseat.

The driver fled the scene while the passenger was arrested.

The 30-year-old, of no fixed address, is yet to be interviewed.

The silver Landcruiser was allegedly stolen from a Balaclava address on July 20.