A 22-year-old man has been extradited from Queensland after allegedly absconding interstate in 2020 when he was convicted of 27 offences.
He was initially sentenced in August 2020 to four years in jail, which was suspended as he entered into a drug and alcohol treatment order.
Months later, police say the man failed to comply with the order after it was extended twice. Once he breached the order for a third time, he was arrested pending re-sentencing and granted bail.
He failed to appear in court in November 2020, police say, and a warrant for the man's arrest was issued in June 2021.
On Wednesday, May 3, the man was arrested in Nundah, Queensland by local officers, where he then attended Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday.
ACT officers requested his extradition, which occurred on Saturday afternoon.
He is scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates Court on Monday, when police said they would oppose bail.
The 27 offences the man was found guilty of back in 2020 included five counts of driving a motor vehicle without consent, two counts of damaging Commonwealth property, drug-driving and two counts of aggravated reckless driving.
Others included escaping from arrest or custody, possession of ammunition, possession of a knife in public and burglary.
Detective Inspector Dave Craft said this was proof people could not escape justice by fleeing the ACT.
"Furthermore, people who think that with the passage of time we'll just forget their crimes and move on are also mistaken," he said.
"Leaving the ACT before completing your sentence is only delaying the inevitable - you will be found and held responsible for your actions."
