Safe and sound travels quarantine violators say Hawaii usually takes procedures incredibly seriously

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KAHULUI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Two California girls say they’ve acquired their lesson after they had been arrested on Maui final 7 days for violating the state’s harmless travels quarantine requirement.

Vanessa Hamilton, 21, and Ariel Catalano, 27, were among 4 vacationers arrested at the Kahului Airport Feb. 16, 2021 when they arrived from Oahu.

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Maui police say none of the 4 experienced a unfavorable pre-vacation COVID-19 examination and did not have approved lodging for their required 10-day quarantine.

“We’re essential to have a COVID-19 examination consequence to fly to Maui,” mentioned Ariel Catalano. “We took our take a look at, and we didn’t have our examination effects nevertheless. You have to just take that things critically. For the reason that they seriously get it critically out in this article. We weren’t using it severe due to the fact we realized we did not have COVID-19. We’re on family vacation. We do not mean no hurt. But they choose it pretty, extremely significantly.”

“If you don’t have your benefits when you land, they’ll make you do a quarantine,” mentioned Vanessa Hamilton.

The gals had been produced the working day soon after their arrest, and they flew again to Oahu.

They returned to California Monday, Feb. 22, 2021.