Authorities in California have arrested two men on suspicion of stealing three mini-buses customised to look like bright orange Tillamook cheese blocks.

Manteca police said Brian Lancaster and Ryan Monaco, of Sacramento, were taken into custody. The vehicles were found in a storage locker rented by one of the suspects.

The mini-buses, each worth $100,000, were stolen from a hotel car park in Manteca, where they had stopped on a tour promoting the Oregon-based Tillamook County Creamery Association's dairy products.

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