Coco Chanel once said a woman with good shoes is never ugly.

But what about a man with good boots? A few thousand pairs of them?

More than 2000 pairs of work boots were found in the man's home.

He's an accused criminal, according to Victoria Police, who announced on Wednesday that they had finally caught up with Melbourne's boot bandit after his six-year romp through the city's northern suburbs.

A team of gumshoe detectives had been hot on the heels of the footwear felon this week and discovered a total of 2300 pairs of stolen work boots and sneakers during a raid at a home in Mernda.