NSW police nab Vic fugitive in car park

A Victorian fugitive has been arrested near Wollongong in NSW, two days after police launched an operation to track down wanted criminals across Australia.

A 53-year-old man, understood to be Guy Lee Dillon, was arrested in a shopping centre car park in Warrawong, south of Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon.

Dillon is wanted in Victoria after allegedly skipping parole from prison on a six-year armed robbery conviction.

He is expected to appear before Wollongong Local Court on Thursday, where NSW Police said Victorian authorities would seek his extradition.