Serious Injury Collision – Bass Highway – Sassafras
At 3.07pm today 30/9/2014 a two vehicle collision occurred just off the Bass Highway on the forecourt of the Caltex Service Station at Sassafras.
National Police Remembrance Day – 29 September 2014
Tasmania Police will today remember colleagues who have lost their lives while serving and protecting their communities at a ceremony for National Police Remembrance Day. The ceremony will be held at the Tasmania Police Academy at Rokeby at 11am on Monday September 29. Since 1817, 30 Tasmanian police officers have died while on duty or…
Audi A3 Dangerous Driving – Midland Highway
On Saturday the 27th September 2014 police received a report of a black 2014 Audi A3 station wagon, travelling south at high speed on the Midland Highway, Bridgewater. Police are seeking information from anyone who may have witnessed this vehicle between 12:00pm and 2:00pm driving dangerously on the Midland Highway anywhere between Launceston and Bridgewater.…
Men Charged – Hobart Waterfront Disturbance
Three men have been charged by Detectives from Hobart CIB following a disturbance on the Hobart Waterfront in the early hours of Sunday morning, 21 September 2014. A 19 year old man from Glenorchy, an 18 year old man from Moonah, and a 21 year old man from New Town have been charged with wounding…
Helicopter Mission Overland Track
The Tasmania Police Westpac Rescue Helicopter today responded to an injured walker at Kia Ora Hut on the Cradle Mtn – Lk St Clair overland track. A 45 year old woman Queensland and her 14 year old had activated an emergency PLB after she suffered from a medical condition and was unable to walk further.…
Firearm Offences, Devonport
A 20 year old man will face firearms related charges in relation to an incident at Devonport yesterday evening. The man was preparing to board the Spirit of Tasmania ferry for the 7.30pm sailing to Melbourne on the evening of 23 September 2014, when his vehicle underwent a routine check by a police officer and…
Disturbance on Hobart Waterfront (21 Sept) – Six Men Treated at Royal Hobart Hospital
Hobart CIB Detectives are investigating a disturbance which occurred in the area of Morrison Street, Hobart about 3.20am on Sunday 21 September 2014. It is understood that a physical confrontation occurred between two men who were known to each other, however the incident escalated with others becoming involved. As a result six men were treated…
Assault at Woolworths, Wellington Centre on Saturday 30 August 2014
Police are investigating an alleged assault of a staff member at approximately 4pm on Saturday 30 August 2014 at Woolworths in the Wellington Centre, Argyle St Hobart. The staff member received minor injuries and did not require treatment. However there were several members of the public in the vicinity at the time of the incident.…
Unit Destroyed By Fire – Euroka Court, Upper Burnie
A two bedroom unit at Euroka Court in Upper Burnie, with an estimated value of $150,000 has been destroyed by fire overnight on 22nd September 2014. At about 11:30pm, Burnie uniform officers and two Tasmania Fire Service appliances attended the unit to find it completely engulfed in flames. It took fire crews approximately 15 minutes…
Stranger danger advice
Police have asked parents to remind their children to be wary of strangers after a student in Smithton reported being approached on his way home from school today. The child was walking home from school along Wedge St, Smithton, with an older sibling and a friend. He detoured behind a property to avoid dogs, where…