Two Hunter men, one from Raymond Terrace, accused of attempting to cross the Victorian border at various points by car without permission are among five people across the state slapped with penalty infringement notices this week for alleged breaches of coronavirus health directions.
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Police will allege two men were travelling from Ballarat to the NSW border about 5.30pm on Thursday when they attempted to re-enter at Albury without a valid permit.
Authorities told the men to enter NSW via plane and isolate for 14 days, but they were again refused entry later the same night at a checkpoint on Wodonga Place in Albury.
Police were told on Saturday that both of the men had entered NSW and were staying at their homes in the Hunter.
On Monday, Port Stephens-Hunter police attended a Raymond Terrace address and gave one of the men, 69, a penalty infringement notice for failing to comply with noticed direction in relation to COVID-19.
The second man, 68, received his infringement notice on Tuesday at a Newcastle East address.
Earlier in August, a Nelson Bay man was found trying to enter NSW from Victoria without a permit. The 49-year-old man was stopped by officers from Operation Border Closure at a checkpoint along the Hume Highway at Albury, near the border of Victoria, about 9.30pm on August 3. NSW Police said the driver told officers he had traveled into Victoria on August 1 and did not have a current permit to re-enter NSW.
He was issued an infringement notice for not complying with the COVID-19 direction but was also arrested and charged for a number of other offences including resist officer in execution of duty and possess prohibited drug.
