Multiple people from Sydney were handed infringement notices over the weekend due to COVID breaches after travelling out west.
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On Sunday, Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced another day of growing COVID-19 numbers, including one death, as the state's coronavirus crisis worsens.
NSW recorded 77 new cases overnight, 33 of which were in the community while infectious.
Deputy Commissioner Gary Worboys also spoke of the infringement notices.
"106 infringement notices issued in the last 24 hours, not just across Greater Sydney but out into country NSW as well," he said.
"Six of those notices went to people around Orange and also eight of those notices to King's Cross and out to Penrith and also in South West Sydney.
"So the spread of infringement notices is right across the state which is disappointing."
But in fact, none of those people were from Orange, nor did they visit the city.
Police spoke with three men outside a Main Street café in Lithgow shortly before midday on Saturday, July 10.
The men allegedly told police they were camping nearby and had travelled to the area to ride trail bikes. A 28-year-old man from Riverstone, a 30-year-old man from Bidwill, and 33-year-old from Freemans Reach, have each been issued with PINs for $1000 for breaching a stay at home direction. They were directed to return to Sydney.
About 12:30pm, police were called to Todds Road, Wisemans Creek, following complaints of a person that did not reside on that street.
Officers found a 48-year-old woman had travelled from her home in Kingswood to Oberon. She has been issued with a $1000 PIN for breaching a stay at home direction. She was ordered to return home to Sydney.
About 3.45pm, officers from Chifley Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle on the Great Western Highway, Bowenfels, and spoke with two male occupants who said they were collecting power tools one of the men had purchased online.
The passenger, a 19-year-old Bexley man, said he had come for the drive with his mate to keep him company. Each were issued with PINs for $1000 for breaching a stay at home direction and were directed to return to Sydney.
Highway Patrol officers pulled over a vehicle on the Great Western Highway, Hartley, about 8.20pm and spoke with a 34-year-old Northmead woman, who said she was taking medication to a sick relative but did not have said medication in her possession. She was issued with a $1000 PIN for breaching a stay at home direction and was directed to return to Sydney.
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