A group of six Victorians is fined more than $24,000 after lying on border declaration forms while trying to enter Queensland on Saturday.
A group of six Victorians has been fined more than $24,000 after lying on border declaration forms while trying to enter Queensland on Saturday.
Police said the group was attempting to cross the border in a minivan and told officers they had been working in New South Wales for the past three weeks. But evidence uncovered on their phones showed the group had in fact been in a coronavirus hotspot in Victoria in past fortnight.Police said the group had made an earlier attempt to enter Queensland on July 2 but were turned back."We saw some people trying to get in, in a van, it's not on."So those young people now have hefty fines they now have to pay."
Queensland's borders remain closed to Victorians and people from interstate who have travelled to Victoria in the past fortnight.
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