Goondiwindi detectives have arrested and charged a man with failing to comply with a COVID-19 public health direction after he allegedly twice entered Queensland yesterday.
At around 12.15pm a man drove to the vehicle checkpoint at Goondiwindi.
After investigations by police it was determined the man didn’t have a relevant border pass or exemption.
The man was issued with an official direction to immediately leave Queensland. Instead of turning around and returning to New South Wales it’s alleged he sped through the checkpoint.
Police attempted to intercept the vehicle however it failed to stop. The vehicle was last seen fleeing along the Cunningham Highway.
At around 2pm police were advised of a single vehicle crash on the Gore Highway, approximately 25 kilometres from Goondiwindi where police located the man.
He was arrested and issued with infringement notices before being unarrested and transported to the border, returning to New South Wales.
Around 3.50pm police were notified that a man was hitch hiking and allegedly attempting to enter Queensland. Police located the man soon afterwards when he crossed a local bridge and entered Queensland.
A 33-year-old Annerley man was arrested and charged with two counts of fail to comply with Covid-19 public health direction, and one each of evade police and drive without due care and attention.
He’s been denied police bail and remanded in custody to appear in the Warwick Magistrates Court tomorrow.
