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Crew of ships are not permitted ashore onto WA land under the emergency management quarantine directions.
The man was found by police shortly before 7pm on Saturday at an Albany backpackers lodge.
He was tested for COVID-19, which was negative, and his health assessed.
The man was charged with failing to comply with a direction and will appear in Perth Magistrates Court on Sunday.
The man, who was a crew member on the ship, was allegedly found by police at an Albany backpacker s lodge later that evening (stock picture of a bulk carrier vessel)
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Seafarer charged with breaching quarantine directions after allegedly swimming to shore from WA port
A man on board a carrier ship berthed off a Western Australian port has allegedly tried to escape quarantine by jumping off the vessel into waters before swimming ashore and making his way to a backpackers.
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A man who caused nuisance at a Gladstone club in the early hours of New Year’s Day has been extradited back to Western Australia where he faces further charges.
Police from WA came to Gladstone to escort Adam Joseph Williams, 37, back to Perth following his appearance in Gladstone Magistrates Court.
Williams appeared by videolink from the Gladstone Watchhouse on January 6 charged with public nuisance, contravening a police direction and obstructing police.
His lawyer, Jun Pepito, indicated Williams would be pleading guilty to all three charges however Williams changed his mind and said he would only plead guilty to one.