COSTA MESA – Police arrested identical twin brothers – with nearly identical names – early Sunday, Nov. 19, on suspicion of burglarizing a rare-coin shop and leading police on a car chase and foot pursuit.

Costa Mesa police responded to reports of a burglary at 7:25 a.m. in the 1900 block of Harbor Boulevard, where someone watching a security camera had seen two men break open the front doors and steal property from a shop that sells rare coins, precious metals and sports memorabilia, police said.

The two men sped off in a gold-colored GMC with paper license plates before officers arrived. But police intercepted the vehicle nearby, beginning a car chase.

The suspects drove northbound onto the 55 freeway, with officers in pursuit, traveling at a high rate of speed, before abandoning the vehicle south of the I-405 freeway interchange near John Wayne Airport.

Police said the men ran across a drainage ditch, and into the 3000 block of Pullman Street, where officers established a perimeter. After officers heard glass break, they discovered a broken window in a nearby building and saw two men flee southward onto Kalmus Drive.

There, police said they arrested Jamal Walker and Jamel Walker, both 42 and of Los Angeles at gunpoint.

Police said the GMC was found to contain coins, gloves and burglary tools.