A man who escaped from a correctional centre in Goulburn has been arrested.

About 5.10pm (Thursday 1 October 2015) a Traffic and Highway Patrol vehicle stopped a vehicle on Five Islands Road, Unanderra and the passenger, who was identified as the 25-year-old man who escaped from Goulburn Correctional Centre yesterday, was arrested.

Two women who were in the vehicle have also been arrested.

They have all been taken to local police stations where they are assisting with inquiries.

Police thank the media and the public for their assistance.

A Tesla Supercharger can deliver 270km of optimal distance driving range to a Tesla Model S in 30 minutes; a longer charge will increase the range available up to the car’s 502km rated maximum if the full battery charging option is selected, otherwise the car will stop charging at around 90 per cent charge to maintain the best possible battery health and longevity. Tesla has installed 501 Supercharger stations around the world since the Model S’ 2012 launch, with almost 2300 individual Supercharger bays available to customers.

The Goulburn Supercharger installation is the largest in the Southern Hemisphere; there’s a slightly smaller six-bay installation connecting Canberra and Melbourne in Albury-Wodonga. The combination allows Tesla Model S and Model X owners to drive between Australia’s two largest cities and the national capital without stopping for more than an hour at a time to charge — the top Model S can fill its 85kWh battery from nearly empty to nearly full in that time. Charging at Supercharger stations is, Tesla boasts, also free for life.

Other Superchargers are already up and running around New South Wales, just like the Goulburn one; there is a six-bay permanent Supercharger station at Wodonga on the NSW-Victoria border, and a temporary two-bay Supercharger at Euroa. Outside of those, there are four Superchargers at the Richmond showroom in Victoria, four Superchargers at the Star casino in Pyrmont in Sydney, and two of the five Superchargers at Tesla’s flagship showroom in St Leonards on Sydney’s north shore are open to the public 24/7. [Tesla Motors]

P.S — I drove a diesel Pajero down to Goulburn for Tesla’s official opening ceremony for the Supercharger station there. Over the 362km round trip, I used 36 litres of fuel; at the average Sydney price today of 124.4c per litre, my trip cost $44.59. A Tesla would have done it for free, and its emissions would have only been that of the power station used to produce its battery’s electrical charge.

Police have renewed a public appeal to help locate a minimum security prisoner who escaped from Goulburn Correctional Centre yesterday, and have also appealed for information to help locate a vehicle used in the escape.

Beau Wiles, 25, was last seen at a work area outside the minimum security section within the Goulburn Correctional Complex just before 10am yesterday (Wednesday 30 September 2015).

Police from The Hume Local Area Command continue to search for Wiles, and have moved into an investigative phase, targeting persons and locations Beau Wiles is known to frequent.

He’s described as being of Caucasian appearance, about 180cm tall, with medium build, brown hair and green eyes. Wiles has a tattoo on his lower right forearm and was wearing prison greens.

Police are also asking for assistance from the community to locate a vehicle that may have been used yesterday to transport the escapee from the Goulburn area.

The vehicle is described as being a black Holden Commodore SS Sedan VE 2008 to 2012 Model. Police are asking the driver of that vehicle to contact police to assist with inquiries.

Police are following up a number of leads and wish to thank the community for their assistance so far.

State Crime Command are also assisting local detectives to investigate the escape and locate the escapee to return him to custody.

Police have charged a man with several firearms offences and released two women after a vehicle stop near Albury today.

About 11am today (Wednesday 30 September 2015), a silver Daewoo Lanos was spotted by officers attached to Albury Traffic & Highway Patrol as it travelled south on the Olympic Highway at Table Top.

One of the vehicle’s occupants was linked to a recent shooting in Wagga Wagga.

Additional vehicles were deployed to the area and a dangerous vehicle stop was performed before the Daewoo was able to enter the south bound lanes of the Hume Highway.

The vehicle was stopped at a road block and two 19-year-old women were removed from the front seats while a 30-year-old man was removed from the back seat of the car.

During a search of the vehicle police will allege that they located a .22 target pistol, a Beretta semi-automatic pistol and empty ten round magazine and ammunition.

All three were arrested and taken to Albury Police Station while the vehicle was towed and further examined.

The 30-year-old man was later charged with possessing a loaded firearm, possessing an unauthorised pistol x 2, possessing an unregistered pistol and breach of parole.

One woman was found to be in possession of two tablets while the second had an ‘ICE’ pipe. Both were released pending further inquiries into the items.

The man was refused bail to appear at Albury Local Court on Thursday 1 October 2015.

Investigations by police from Albury Local Area Command continue.

Police have arrested one man and two women following a vehicle stop at Table Top.

About 11.30am (Wednesday 30 September 2015), officers from Albury Local Area Command and Traffic and Highway Patrol were patrolling The Hume Highway, near Table Top, 10km north of Albury.

Officers stopped a silver car and spoke to three occupants. A search of the car revealed a number of firearms.

The man aged 30 and two women age 19, were arrested at the location and taken to Albury Police Station, where they are assisting with inquiries.

Investigations are continuing.