Zara Holland arrested in Barbados with boyfriend after he tested positive for COVID-19

Zara Holland was captured as she “tried to escape” Barbados with boyfriend Elliott Love after he diagnosed positive for Covid-19.

Caribbean cops descended on ex-beauty queen Zara, 25, and her fella as they apparently tried to board a plane home to avoid being exposed to a quarantine facility.

Elliott was tested positive for Covid before trying to leave a plane home

The couple, who had prepared to celebrate New Year on the paradise isle, were caught on the apprehension of flouting strict coronavirus regulations.

They may faces criminal charges, including endangering others' lives, an £18,000 fine each and a year in prison.

Former Miss Great Britain Zara and Elliott, 30, were tested when they arrived in Barbados on Sunday evening and ordered to isolate in their hotel room to await the results.

When Elliott’s test returned positive on Tuesday, the pair were given red identity wristbands and were also told they would be taken to the island’s Paragon Military Base, which has been turned into a coronavirus quarantine centre.

Zara appeared on the second series of Love IslandCredit: ITV 2

But before hazmat-suited health officials came to gather them, Zara and Elliott tried to cut off their wristbands, booked a flight and tried to flee in a taxi.

A member of staff at their hotel- A £300-a-night shorefront Sugar Bay resort, is stated to have got the severed bands and called the police — who swooped on the couple going through security.

Elliott and Zara, who now runs a form boutique with her mum were last night being held on a COVID-19 facility at the St Lucy Hospital in northern Barbados. The couple have visited the island before and were photographed there even in 2017.