A man will face court on Wednesday, after escaping Covid-19 quarantine in Sydney and catching a train to Newcastle.
Officers from Sydney were alerted on August 7th, after a man absconded from his room in a hotel in Mascot.
Police began searching for the man and tracked him to Central Railway Station where he had caught a train north to Newcastle Railway Station.
He was arrested and taken to Newcastle Police Station about 3am on Saturday August 8.
The 31-year-old man, from Thurgoona, was charged with not complying with a noticed direction and failing to comply with a public health order requirement.
He was refused bail at Newcastle Bail Court and is next due to appear at Central Local Court on Wednesday.
