Police have fined a 64-year-old man who breached orders to self-isolate to attend a home in North Bourke on Friday.
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At about 1.25pm on Monday the man arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Thailand. He was advised he was subject to a Public Health Order and would be required to quarantine for a 14-day period.
Officers attached to Central North Police District received information that the man planned to breach the order and attended a home in North Bourke.
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Police advised the man against leaving the property.
The man was located on Oxley Street, Bourke and advised to go home immediately as he was in breach of the order.
Officers returned to the man's home later that afternoon and issued him with a $1000 PIN for failing to comply with a direction under Section seven of the Public Health Act 2010 (NSW).
Police are urging the community to follow self-isolation directions or you will be fined.
