A Pakenham woman who was caught travelling through Ballarat was one of the 22 Victorians fined in the past 24 hours for lockdown breaches.
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Police said the woman was allegedly travelling to Ararat to visit a friend.
She was one of 22 people fined yesterday for breaching Victoria's chief health officer Brett Sutton's directions - this included three for not wearing a mask and 11 at the various checkpoints.
A record 33,495 people were stopped at checkpoints across the state in the past 24 hours, which is up substantially as we enter the AFL grand final long weekend.
Police also conducted 1347 spot checks on people at homes, businesses and public places across the state. There have now been 513,031 spot checks conducted since March 21.
Earlier this week, two Melbourne residents copped a hefty fine after they failed to stop at the Bacchus Marsh checkpoint, with the driver testing positive to drugs.
While police are continuing to operate the checkpoint on the Western Freeway just outside Bacchus Marsh, they will increase their presence in what could be the last few weeks of the strict lockdown.
Police will be setting up random checkpoints around the region to intercept any Melburnians looking to travel to western Victoria.
And with police aware that some Melburnians are trying to use back roads to travel to regional Victoria, there will be an increase in random patrols in these areas too.
Operation Saturn will run until 11.59pm on Sunday, November 8