Two teenage girls who hitchhiked from Victoria to South Australia - before hopping onto a school bus - have been charged for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.
The pair crossed the border on Thursday and boarded the bus en route to Goolwa on Friday morning.
It was stopped by South Australia Police at Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide.
They've been charged with breaching COVID management directions and providing false details.
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Two teenage Victorian girls found on a school bus south of Adelaide have been arrested and charged for breaching Covid-19 regulations. Victoria police (file photo). Source: istock.com
Police believe the girls hitchhiked or used public transport to cross into South Australia overnight and provided false information at a checkpoint.
The girls, aged 15 and 16, were reported missing to Victorian authorities and were found this morning after travelling to Goolwa, south of Adelaide, where they visited another girl.
All three had boarded a school bus to nearby Victor Harbor, with the bus stopped by police before it arrived at the local high school.
SA Police stopped the school bus at Victor Harbor, south of Adelaide, this morning.
The students were issued masks and kept on the bus for more than two hours.
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Police said two teenage girls missing from Victoria had hitchhiked across the border to see another girl in Goolwa.
The three of them boarded the school bus to Victor Harbor High School this morning.
They had received lifts from several drivers.
The other students have been sent home into isolation and the bus will be deep-cleaned.