'The tin-foil hat-wearing brigade are alive and well out there in our community.'
Officers then raided the home of 76-year-old man from the suburb of Windsor and seized two laptops, a computer and two mobile phones.He was charged with inciting others to breach coronavirus restrictions and is due to appear in court on Friday. If convicted he could face a fine of up to AU$20,000.
Mr Cornelius added: ‘We will be taking further action over the course of the next week in the lead-up to the protest as we identify other organisers and will be taking action against them.Police detain a protester at a would-be anti-lockdown rally which failed to materialise in Melbourne earlier this month
He said such recklessness could undo the ‘very hard work’ by the vast majority who have followed the state’s emergency restrictions and said ‘no one has the human right to infect other people and place the entire Victorian community at risk’. Mr Cornelius added: ‘Look, there are any number of groups out there … if you just did a Google search on “5G”, “anti-vaxxers” and “anti-masks”,‘They’re taking every opportunity to leverage the situation to serve their own ridiculous notions about so-called sovereign citizens, about constitutional issues and about how 5G is going to kill your grandkids. I mean it’s just crazy. It’s bat s*** crazy nonsense.
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