Australia’s worst food delivery driver has fled the country after racking up hundreds of penalty points and allegedly stealing a motorbike.
New South Wales police have issued an arrest warrant for the 23-year-old Frenchman, who was given a whopping 385 penalty points after supplying goods for Hungry Panda and other services.
But the manhunt may be futile after pPolice told Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday that the Frenchman had long disappeared when the arrest warrant was issued on June 19.
‘Officers attached to the traffic and highway patrol conducted inquiries into the whereabouts of a 23-year-old man and attended an address in Zetland on Friday 7 June 2024,’ police said.
‘However, he could not be located and further investigation revealed the man had left Australia on Thursday 6 June 2024.’
The driver’s appalling criminal record – built up in just six months in Australia – also extended to renting a black Yamaha scooter from City Car King in Alexandria, Sydney on March 21 – and then allegedly failing to return it. The Daily Telegraph previously reported.
The Frenchman destroyed the $400 tracker on the bike so he could keep the scooter without being found while working for various food delivery companies.
The Ryde Highway Patrol arrested the delivery scooter rider who later collected 385 penalty points and has now fled the country
The 23-year-old Frenchman has been given a whopping 385 penalty points since arriving in Australia late last year, but police have been unable to find him (stock image)
The man’s shocking driving was discovered after NSW Police Highway Patrol officers made a request to Transport NSW to review his full criminal record due to his ongoing offending.
According to the police, the Frenchman received hundreds of penalty points while driving the Yamaha.
The rider was convicted in June of theft and destruction of property, but the sentence was handed down in his absence after he failed to appear in court several times.
The motorcyclist always showed his international driving license when stopped by the police.
Police said they are not responsible for the penalty points system and that this is the responsibility of Transport NSW, which also maintains the points tally.
The French national keeps changing addresses and failing to appear in court. NSW police now have a warrant for the courier’s arrest (Stock photo of a courier delivering food)
A Transport for NSW spokesperson said it was ‘actively managing’ the matter with both police and Revenue NSW.
Surprisingly, bike theft isn’t the only problem the company has faced in Sydney.
A staff member said they couldn’t remember the Frenchman renting the scooter, as they had ‘about 50 cases of bikes being stolen like this’.
“They come in here, some people don’t even try to rent a bike, they just steal a bike and go… We give all the information to the police,” the employee said.