Woman arrested after allegedly refusing to stop at SA border checkpoint

A woman who allegedly refused to stop for police patrolling a checkpoint along the Victorian border has been arrested after a pursuit.

A driver who allegedly failed to stop at a South Australian border checkpoint has led police on a chase through regional a regional town.

Police said officers on the Sturt Highway checkpoint in Yamba, between Mildura and Renmark, tried to stop an approaching Nissan sedan as it crossed the border from Victoria about 4.10pm on Wednesday.

The car, which police said refused to stop, was then pursued by officers who used road spikes to bring the vehicle to a halt along Stanitzki Rd near Bookpurnong Rd.

The woman, 37, allegedly failed to stop at the Yamba checkpoint and led police on a pursuit. Picture NewsWire / Darren Seiler.

The 37-year-old Renmark woman, who was the only occupant of the car, was quickly arrested and later charged with aggravated drive dangerously to escape police pursuit, drive disqualified and fail to comply with direction under the Emergency Management Act.

She was refused bail to appear in the Berri Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

Under current Covid-19 restrictions, a hard border has been put in place with Victoria.

Only returning South Australians or people who have been granted exemptions are permitted to enter the state.

It was just last week that two teenagers allegedly hitchhiked their way into the state to see a friend.

They were arrested for breaching the Emergency Management Act, and arrangements were made for them to return to their families in Victoria at their families’ expense.