Two teenagers who absconded from the Northern Territory’s Howard Springs COVID-19 quarantine facility on Sunday afternoon were caught just a few hours later. According to an NT Police media release, the two 16-year-old girls, both from Katherine, were almost at the end of their quarantine period and had tested negative to COVID-19 on their most recent test. They absconded from the facility at around 3:30 p.m., only to be apprehended in Bakewell, around 8km west of Howard Springs at about 7 p.m. They were then taken back to the quarantine centre. Police used a combination of resources to locate the duo, including general duties officers, drones, the dog operations unit and CCTV operators. According to Incident Controller Acting Commander Virginia Read, the girls were not likely to be a risk to the community. “Their COVID-19 tests have all been negative, and while we believe they were not infectious, their actions clearly contravened …