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A tourist in [/news/perth/index.html Perth] has been fined $13,000 after skipping hotel quarantine to go on a five hour nightclub partying session. 
The 25-year-old man had flown into Perth from Adelaide on December 11 and was ordered to remain in hotel quarantine for 14-days in the city centre. 
The next day, a routine compliance check by WA Police found he was missing from his room and not answering his phone, leading officers to arrest him when he returned. 
A tourist who flew into Perth from Adelaide has been fined $13,000 after a series of hotel quarantine breaches including visiting a nightclub for tour hà nội hà giang five hours (stock image) 
The visitor was ordered to stay in hotel quarantine in the Perth CBD (pictured) for 14-days 
The officers investigated the man's movements from when he stepped off the plane and discovered a stunning series of coronavirus restriction breaches over the space of a few hours. 
The man had not traveled from Perth Airport directly to the hotel as instructed but had told his driver to visit a drive-through takeaway outlet. 
When checking into the hotel he had not worn a protective mask and did not tell staff he was undergoing quarantine. 
He then left his room to go to a supermarket and convenience store. 
Later that night, the man broke quarantine again and left his hotel room to visit a nightclub in the Perth CBD for five hours with the same friend who had driven him from the airport. 
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The man also admitted to police waiting for him at the hotel on December 12 that he had been to Elizabeth Quay and tour hà giang was taking photos. 
The man offered no valid reason for leaving hotel quarantine and admitted to the breaches.  
Yesterday in Perth Magistrates Court he pleaded guilty to five counts of Fail to Comply with an Emergency Management Act Direction. He was fined a total of $13,000, which he must pay before he is released from Perth Watch House. 
The man has subsequently returned a negative COVID-19 test and his quarantine period expired at 11.59PM on 25 December.
A WA Police spokesperson said anyone who attempts to compromise the health of our community by breaching directions can expect a strong and swift response.  
'Breaching directions made under the Emergency Management Act may result in on-the-spot fines of $1,000 for individuals, or where a matter is deemed serious and dealt with under formal criminal charges penalties of up to $50,000 or imprisonment for 12 months may be imposed by the courts,' the spokesperson said. 
Officers escort passenger from Perth airport into hotel quarantine in October (pictured)