An unlicensed NSW builder accused of defying permanent bans from the industry has been arrested and faces extradition from the Gold Coast.
Matthew Rixon, 33, was nabbed at a Bundall office on Wednesday morning after police received information from a member of the public.
He was the subject of a warrant issued in NSW on January 12 after he failed to appear in the NSW Supreme Court.
The 33-year-old appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday and is now being extradited to Newcastle, Minister for Better Regulation Matt Kean confirmed on Friday.
"I thank the Queensland Police and Queensland Office of Fair Trading for their hard work in locating and arresting Rixon, as well as the NSW Police for carrying out the extradition," he said in a statement.
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