By Jess Baker
A NSW woman appeared before the Warwick Magistrates Court on Friday 27 August over breaches of Covid-19 border rules.
Police located the 49-year-old woman at a Warwick home on Friday morning after spotting a vehicle registered to the woman parked outside. The home was allegedly her daughter’s.
In a statement released on Friday, police stated the woman was found barricaded in one of the bedrooms at the Warwick home.
She was arrested and transported back to Warwick Watchhouse and charged for failing to comply with a Covid-19 public health direction.
Warwick Police acting Senior Sergeant Cameron Slater said the NSW mum fronted court the same day. She was fined $4135 and was placed in mandatory hotel quarantine.
The woman had been intercepted on three previous occasions attempting to cross the border at Goondiwindi from New South Wales.
A week prior to the arrest the woman was found by police in the boot of a car that was on the back of a tow truck, hidden underneath blankets and clothing.
She was arrested and transported to Boggabilla in New South Wales and fined $4135 for failing to comply with a Covid-19 border direction.
Senior Sergeant Slater said police received information from the public about the whereabouts of the woman, which led to her arrest on Friday 27 August in Warwick.
