UK man arrested fleeing Australia on jet ski, police say

A UK man has been arrested on a remote island in Australia while trying to free the country on a jet ski.

The 57-year-old man was taken into custody on Saibai Island of Papua New Guinea.

Police said he had launched his jet ski from the tip of Australia’s mainland, about 150 km to the south.

The man was tracked by federal and state olive on an Australian border force, after he was seen leaving Punsand Bay in Queensland’s far north.