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COVID-19 conspiracy theorist dramatically arrested

After going viral for publicly defying authorities at a COVID-19 checkpoint, conspiracy theorist Eve Black went out with a bang as she was dramatically arrested by police.

In the initial video that was posted to her Facebook page called "SCAMdemic", Black can be seen reading lines from a piece of paper before being waved through.

“Have I disturbed the peace today?”, “Have I committed a crime?” were lines from the paper and was waved through without answering the questions.

"Oh my god, I feel so good," she said to the camera.

After her initial success, the 28-year-old tried the same trick again in the suburb of Carlton in Melbourne, but was far less successful.

"She was asked to provide her name and address which she refused to do. Police then directed her to produce her driver's licence and explain her reason for travel, which she also refused to comply with," Victoria Police said.

"This led to police arresting her. During the arrest, police were forced to break the woman's car window as she refused to speak to them, wind down her window, or step out of the vehicle."

She was arrested at 1:55 pm on Wednesday and charged with failing to hand over her driver's licence, not giving her name and address, breaching coronavirus public health orders as well as traffic offences.

After the initial video went viral, Black was widely condemned and threatened with arrest from Victoria's assistant police commissioner.

'Our members are out there all day and all night working incredibly hard to keep our community safe,' Assistant Commissioner Rick Nugent said on Friday.

"This was a selfish and childish act... it was ridiculous, it was unnecessary. 

"If that woman lived in that area or had a good reason to be in that area, she would be allowed through.

"If not, she's breaking the law."

"I'm sure she'll be looking forward to a knock on the door from Victoria Police members," Police Minister Lisa Neville said. 

"Whether you are trying to get through a roadblock, trying to get away with not wearing a mask, whether you're trying to have a party, Victoria Police will be there."

Photo credits: Facebook

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