{"id":7897,"date":"2020-08-28T02:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=7897"},"modified":"2020-08-28T02:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T02:34:39","slug":"four-pins-issued-after-border-and-isolation-breaches-covid-19-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/28\/four-pins-issued-after-border-and-isolation-breaches-covid-19-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Four PINs issued after border and isolation breaches \u2013 COVID-19 update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have issued four Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) in the last 24 hours relating to three separate breaches of COVID-19 Public Health Orders.<br \/>\nOn Wednesday (26 August 2020), officers attached to Operation Border Closure raised concerns over the validity of a permit produced by a 41-year-old man at the Wodonga Place, South Albury, checkpoint.<br \/>\nInitial checks indicated his reason for travel was consistent with the permit, and the man was granted entry, but the matter was referred to local police to conduct further inquiries.<br \/>\nAfter establishing the man had travelled to Eden, police attended a caravan park to speak with him but he could not be located.<br \/>\nFollowing further inquiries, police returned to the caravan park just before 1pm yesterday (Thursday 27 August 2020), as the man was attempting to leave.<br \/>\nHe was directed to return to Victoria and advised he would be issued with a $1000 PIN for failing to comply with requirements of the Public Health Orders.<br \/>\nIn a separate incident, a ride-share vehicle was stopped at a border checkpoint on the Hume Highway at Albury, about 10am yesterday (Thursday 27 August 2020).<br \/>\nThe driver inquired whether he would be allowed to re-enter NSW if he dropped his customer home in Westmeadows, Victoria.<br \/>\nChecks on the man\u2019s 22-year-old male customer revealed he did not have a valid permit to be in NSW.<br \/>\nHe was issued with a $1000 PIN and escorted back into Victoria.<br \/>\nAbout 6pm on Monday 27 July 2020, police from Operation Border Closure stopped a taxi at the checkpoint on Wodonga Place, South Albury, and spoke with the driver who provided all necessary documentation, before speaking with his passengers \u2013 a 41-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman.<br \/>\nChecks revealed the man was meant to be in self-isolation and the woman had crossed the border for reasons inconsistent with her permit.<br \/>\nThe pair were directed to return to their homes in Albury and advised police would conduct further inquiries.<br \/>\nAs a result of those inquiries, the man and woman were each issued with $1000 PINs yesterday.<br \/>\nPolice continue to appeal to the community to report suspected breaches of any ministerial direction or behaviour which may impact on the health and safety of the community.<br \/>\n<em><strong>Anyone who has information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of a COVID-19-related ministerial direction is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\"><strong>https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/strong><\/a><em><strong> Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have issued four Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) in the last 24 hours relating to three separate breaches of COVID-19 Public Health Orders. On Wednesday (26 August 2020), officers attached to Operation Border Closure raised concerns over the validity of a permit produced by a 41-year-old man at the Wodonga Place, South Albury, checkpoint. Initial &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/08\/28\/four-pins-issued-after-border-and-isolation-breaches-covid-19-update\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Four PINs issued after border and isolation breaches \u2013 COVID-19 update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}