Victorian woman accused of providing false information at Queensland border

A Victorian woman has been charged after allegedly lying to police about why she travelled into Queensland.

A Victorian woman has been charged after it was found she had provided false information on her Queensland Border Declaration Pass. Picture: NIGEL HALLETT

A Victorian woman has been charged after she allegedly gave false information to police upon her arrival into Queensland.

Officers from task force Sierra Linnet reviewed the border declaration of a 51-year-old woman who told authorities she was travelling into Queensland from Victoria for “essential work purposes”.

Gympie police attended an address at 11am this morning and spoke to the woman. Further investigations revealed that she lied at the border about her purpose for entering Queensland, police said.

She has since been taken to hotel quarantine.

She was charged with one count of failing to comply with a COVID-19 border direction, and was issued a Notice to Appear at Gympie Magistrates Court on November 30.

Investigations are ongoing.

Originally published as Victorian woman accused of providing false information at Queensland border