WESTPORT — A pair of New Yorkers, taken into custody in Greenwich after fleeing while being questioned by Westport police for suspicious behavior, face charges linked to the crime responsible for the rash of mail thefts in town.

Elvin Andujar and David Hernandez, both 22, of Bronx, N.Y., were charged with possession of burglar tools, conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny and criminal attempt to commit sixth-degree larceny in connection with events earlier this week.

Andujar, identified as the driver of the car that fled from police, also was charged with engaging in pursuit, misuse of license plates, reckless driving and making an improper U-turn.

The incident unfolded Dec. 21 when an officer patrolling Post Road East, near Imperial Avenue, noticed a vehicle with an “extremely loud” muffler and darkly tinted windows, police said.

When the officer began following the car, the driver pulled over to the side of the road without being directed to do so, to allow the officer to pass by. Then, according to the report, the car made an illegal U-turn and pulled into Playhouse Square, parking near the Post Office.

When the officer tried to talk to the car’s occupants — Andujar behind the wheel and Hernandez the passenger — they sped away, heading west on Post Road East, police said.

An alert was issued, and a short time later the vehicle was spotted on Riverside Avenue, near Treadwell Avenue, where “stop sticks” were set onto the roadway.

Even though two of the car’s tires were deflated by the stop sticks, it continued onto Interstate 95 south, where the driver successfully eluded pursuing officers after leaving the highway at Exit 6 in Greenwich.

The car later was found abandoned by Greenwich police, but a Westport officer with K-9 Onyx sent to the scene were able to track down the suspects.

A search of the men’s vehicle, police said, uncovered “evidence commonly used in ‘mail phishing’ larcenies,” according to the report, such as drills, long wrenches and glue traps.

Both Andujar and Hernandez were held on $5,000 bond, and transported later in the day for arraignment at state Superior Court in Stamford.