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Five Sydneysiders have been hauled out of their Gold Coast holiday unit, marched into hotel quarantine and hit with more than $20,000 in fines after sneaking across the border. Police say the three men and two women, aged 24 to 33, crossed the border on Sunday using a G pass and checked into a resort in Surfers Paradise. But subsequent police checks revealed they were from the declared COVID-19 hotspot of Greater Sydney. Major delays at the Queensland border with NSW. Picture: Jason O'Brien Queensland Police Chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler said police attended their accommodation at 1...

Sydneysiders fined $5,000 each for breaching border rules 29/12/2020|1min Five Sydneysiders have been fined $5,000 each and forced in hotel quarantine after they were caught breaching border rules. The group is accused of making a false declaration before checking into a Surfer’s Paradise hotel. Queensland Police’s Mark Wheeler says the incident serves as a warning to those wanting to breach border rules that police will follow up on any information they receive. “If you’re going to come into Queensland from a hotspot and try and game the system, even if you think you’ve gotten th...