Media release

UPDATE - COVID-19 - Darwin Airport Absconder

Police

52-year-old John Pracy has this evening handed himself in at the Centre for National Resilience.

He will undergo testing for COVID-19 and will stay at the Centre for 14 days in mandatory quarantine.

Pracy arrived on a flight from Sydney this morning and evaded authorities.

There is no information to suggest Pracy has COVID-19 but he is subject to quarantine due to him coming from a declared hotspot.