Compliance teams ramp up home quarantine checks

Queensland residents in home quarantine are being warned to follow their obligations closely with police issuing fines to five people for breaching stay at home directions in the past three days.

The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has completed 186 home quarantine compliance checks since December 19, resulting in a 97 per cent compliance rate.

On December 19, a 31-year-old man was issued with a $1,334 penalty infringement notice (PIN) for failing to comply with COVID-19 border direction. Police will allege the man was directed into home quarantine at his accommodation on Stradbroke Island and went for a walk on the beach. The man is now completing quarantine in a hotel over the Christmas period.

On December 20, a 61-year-old man and a…