It probably wasn't the nicest car on the block but it was likely the worst one to decide to steal.

Two men from Halifax face charges of break and enter and theft of a motor vehicle after allegedly breaking into an off-duty police officer's house in Halifax, and stealing a white pickup truck that happened to be an unmarked forensic identification vehicle, according to a news release from the Halifax Regional Police.

Just before 3 a.m. Thursday, Cole Harbour RCMP received a call about a possible impaired driver operating the truck in Eastern Passage. When police tried to stop the truck, the two people inside fled on foot.

RCMP later found the two men, ages 22 and 23, outside a nearby convenience store. Both were arrested for public intoxication. When police searched them, they found property belonging to the off-duty officer.

Const. Carol McIsaac, Halifax Regional Police spokesperson, said it's "not very common" for a police vehicle to be stolen.

"I've certainly not heard of it since I've been in this position," she said.

McIsaac said the keys for the truck were inside the officer's house and taken from there. She said some officers are required to take home a work vehicle depending on their position "so that if they're called out to a scene they can get to it as quickly as possible." That was the case with this vehicle, she said.

McIsaac said the truck does not appear to have sustained any damage.

The two men are scheduled to appear in court later today.