A learner driver has been caught doing burnouts while drunk with his mum in the car at Mornington, south-east of Melbourne this morning.

Officers patrolling Main Street in Mornington were alerted by the sound of screeching tyres around 1:00am.

Police said they found a Mercedes sedan doing a burnout and the air was full of smoke.

The 24-year-old learner driver was pulled over and police said his mother was in the car with him.

He blew over the blood alcohol limit but refused to go with police to the station.

He is facing a number of charges, police said.

A short time later, another man arrived in a car and parked in a disabled zone.

Police said he was found to be unlicensed and also the brother of the man they had just arrested.

Officer impounded both men's cars.