{"id":8228,"date":"2020-09-16T10:15:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T10:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=8228"},"modified":"2020-09-16T10:15:19","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T10:15:19","slug":"one-man-charged-and-four-issued-1000-pins-in-three-separate-covid-19-breaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/16\/one-man-charged-and-four-issued-1000-pins-in-three-separate-covid-19-breaches\/","title":{"rendered":"One man charged and four issued $1000 PINs in three separate COVID-19 breaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was issued a Penalty Infringement Notice (PIN) at the weekend for entering into NSW from Victoria without a permit has now been charged, after allegedly trying to cross the border again in the back of a taxi.<br \/>\nJust before <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/2\">10pm<\/a> last night (Tuesday 15 September 2020), police at a border checkpoint on the Hume Highway, South Albury, stopped a taxi attempting to enter NSW and spoke with the driver and passenger.<br \/>\nChecks revealed the passenger \u2013 a 26-year-old man \u2013 did not have a valid permit to be entering NSW and had attempted to cross the border several times previously. Additionally, the man had been given a PIN at Central Railway Station on Saturday (12 September 2020) and instructed to return to Victoria, when he was unable to produce a permit.<br \/>\nHe was arrested and taken to Albury Police Station, where he was charged with not complying with a noticed direction. The man was granted strict conditional bail, to appear before Albury Local Court <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/5\">on Monday 12 October 2020<\/a>.<br \/>\nAdditionally, four PINs have been issued since the past update:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>About 7am on Monday (14 September 2020), police were assisting NSW Health who were screening passengers arriving in Sydney from Albury at Central Railway Station, when they spoke to a 33-year-old man who could not provide a valid permit. Checks revealed the man attempted to enter NSW using a Railway Bridge at Albury last Friday (11 September 2020). After being advised he could return to Victoria or undergo quarantine, the man chose to quarantine, and was taken to a hotel on Thomas Street, Haymarket. During quarantine, he allegedly exited his room on numerous occasions on Monday (14 September 2020) and yesterday (Tuesday 15 September 2020) and was subsequently issued a $1000 PIN for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 \u2013 COVID-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Three tradesmen attempted to enter NSW at the Moama checkpoint about 9.40am yesterday (Tuesday 15 September 2020), however, they were unable to produce a valid permit and directed to return to Victoria. A short time later, the men returned to the checkpoint and produced a permit, which only allowed entry via air travel. About <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/14\">1pm<\/a> the same day, the men attempted to enter at the Hume Highway checkpoint. The driver, a 30-year-old man, told police they crossed into Victoria in error and attempted to re-enter. Checks revealed they entered Victoria <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/15\">at 6am<\/a> and the driver was issued an infringement notice for fail to provide\/give false information on request. The passengers \u2013 aged 26 and 28 \u2013 were also issued $1000 PINs for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 \u2013 COVID-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Police 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<strong><em>Anyone who has information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of a COVID-19-related ministerial direction is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\"><strong><em>https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report crime via NSW Police social media pages.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was issued a Penalty Infringement Notice (PIN) at the weekend for entering into NSW from Victoria without a permit has now been charged, after allegedly trying to cross the border again in the back of a taxi. Just before 10pm last night (Tuesday 15 September 2020), police at a border checkpoint on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/09\/16\/one-man-charged-and-four-issued-1000-pins-in-three-separate-covid-19-breaches\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;One man charged and four issued $1000 PINs in three separate COVID-19 breaches&#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-8228","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\/8228","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=8228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}