'I was treated like a criminal': Mum who flew to Victoria to visit her daughter in hospital is thrown in the back of paddy wagon, locked up in hotel quarantine and handed a $2,800 bill after arriving back in Queensland
- Lee Develyn flew from Townsville to Geelong last week to see her sick daughter
- The 53-year-old flew back to Qld on Tuesday and was thrown in a paddy wagon
- She said others who were on her flight were released back into the community
- The woman has been forced into quarantine and was billed for the hotel room
A 'humiliated' mother who flew to Victoria to see her sick daughter in hospital was thrown in a paddy wagon and slapped with a quarantine hotel bill for $2,800.
Lee Develyn flew from Townsville in north-east Queensland to Geelong, near Melbourne, last week to visit her daughter who was suffering from a kidney infection.
Upon returning to Queensland on Tuesday, she was thrown in the back of a police car and taken to mandatory hotel quarantine - where she must now foot the bill.
Queensland introduced tough restrictions on people coming from Victoria last Friday, announcing that all arrivals would have to foot their own mandatory hotel quarantine bill.
The sunshine state has since banned all arrivals from Victoria.
The mother wrote in a Facebook post that she returned to Queensland on Tuesday and was treated like a 'criminal' upon landing and put into the back of a paddy wagon.

Lee Develyn (pictured) flew from Townsville in north-east Queensland to Geelong, near Melbourne, last week to visit her daughter who was suffering from a kidney infection
'I felt like a criminal … he (police officer) just opened it and I said, "do I need to put my luggage in there", he goes "unfortunately you need to get in there,” she told the Townsville Bulletin.
'When he locked it and I heard the click of the key and the chain … I had no seatbelt in there, nothing to hold on to.
'The stench was overwhelming of urine and the stains on the walls, it wasn’t cleaned out because there was gravel from someone else’s shoes on the floor.'
Ms Develyn had stood at Townsville airport and watched as 'several calls were made to the senior police officer in charge', but claimed there were no clear procedures.
She said her temperature wasn't checked, like it was when she arrived in Victoria, and there was no one from Queensland Health at the airport.

After the officer closed and bolted the door of the paddy wagon, Ms Develyn filmed part of her experience on her phone (pictured)

When she saw her fiancee Colin Drayton, she broke down (pictured, Ms Develyn, right, with her financee, left)
The 53-year-old did not enter Melbourne during her trip and stayed with her sister, well outside coronavirus hotspots.
Queensland Health told Daily Mail Australia that police manage airport arrivals and health officials are not present.
Ms Develyn claimed that others who were on her flight from Melbourne had been released straight in to the community - one to attend a funeral.
After waiting for two-and-a-half hours while authorities processed five passengers, the mother was presented with a $2,800 fee and told she would be taken to her quarantine hotel.

Local cases of community transmission have soared in the within Melbourne
When she was put in the paddy wagon, and the officer had closed and bolted the door, Ms Develyn filmed part of her experience on her phone.
'I’m in the back of a paddy wagon being escorted to my hotel, and I feel absolutely humiliated,' she said while wearing a face mask.
Ms Develyn was overwhelmed with the stench of vomit and urine until they reached the quarantine hotel.
When she saw her fiancee Colin Drayton, she broke down.
Mr Drayton said he was horrified to see his partner being 'marched' by two police officers.
The couple even alleged that one officer turned to them and said it was 'her fault for choosing to travel'.
He made a complaint about her treatment at the Townsville Police Station.
Ms Develyn wrote on Wednesday evening that she had been in the hotel room all day and had not eaten.

Airport guidance signs provide direction and information with airport counter check-in in Townsville Airport on June 9 (pictured). Arrivals from Victoria have been banned

Ms Develyn had stood at Townsville airport (pictured) and watched as 'several calls were made to the senior police officer in charge', but claimed there were no clear procedures
She said no one from the police or Queensland Health had called to check on her.
Chief Superintendent Craig Hanlon told Daily Mail Australia that he has apologised for transporting passengers to quarantine in paddy wagons.
'This happened for six passengers from one flight, but these arrangements have since been reviewed.'
'The new arrangements will not involve transport by police van.'
Chief Superintendent Hanlon is also contacting the passengers personally to apologise.
Victorian residents have been forced back into stage three lockdown restrictions as the number of positive test results continues to soar.
The state recorded 134 new infections on Wednesday alone, with Queensland and New South Wales now closing their borders to Victorian residents.