Significant Firearms Seizure
As part of an ongoing investigation, Tasmania Police has confiscated a large number of firearms and ammunition from an address in New Town. The items seized include in excess of 250 firearms and firearms parts and several hundred kilograms of ammunition. Several of the firearms seized were prohibited under the Firearms Act 1996, these included…
Trafficking Charges – Forth
Shortly after 10.00pm on Monday 20 April 2015 Police executed a drug related search warrant at a rural property on Perrys Road, Forth. Members of Western Drug Investigation Services, Road and Public Order Services (RPOS), Devonport CIB and Devonport Uniform conducted the operation based on intelligence developed over several days and right up to the…
Provisional driver detected 175kph Bass Highway
On the evening of Monday 20 April 2015 officers from Northern Road and Public Order Services intercepted a motor vehicle on the Bass Highway near the South Esk River Hadspen. The vehicle had been recorded on a hand-held speed detection device as travelling at 175kph in a 110 zone. The 19 year old male driver…
Witnesses sought in relation to Rokeby hit and run crash
Approximately 8:45pm on Saturday 18th April 2015 police attended a hit and run crash involving a Metro bus and an unidentified vehicle in Free Street, Rokeby. The bus sustained damage to the front driver’s side panel. The offending vehicle was being driven without lights and is believed to be a white or light blue coloured…
ANZAC Day Security
Tasmania Police has well planned and considered security strategies in place for ANZAC Day and these will be reviewed in response to the events in Victoria at the weekend. “The community can be reassured that we will have a highly visible police presence around ANZAC ceremonies and parades, based on a threat assessment,” said Deputy…
Huon And Kingborough – Mobile Firearm Amnesty Results
Tasmania Police have thanked the Huon & Kingborough communities for their response to the mobile firearm amnesty at Huonville & Kingston this weekend. “The mobile firearms amnesties provide a proactive initiative for getting unwanted or unregistered firearms out of the community. They also offer an opportunity to promote awareness of the permanent firearms amnesty in…
Helicopter Mission – Tasman Peninsula
At approximately 11.00am, on Sunday 19 April 2015, the Westpac Police Rescue Helicopter was tasked to attend Outer North Head on the Tasman Peninsula to rescue three men. The men had been fishing the previous day when they encountered engine difficulties with their boat, a 5 metre fibreglass vessel. The men beached the boat on…
Mobile Firearm Amnesty – Huon Community
Tasmania Police are pleased with the response from the Huon community to Saturday’s mobile firearms amnesty operation. Police setup their Command Bus at the Apple Valley Cool Store near Huonville and a total of 22 firearms and ammunition were handed in for destruction. 12 of those firearms were unregistered. Sergeant MAY said, “It is always…
New Police Vests on the Beat
New Police Vests on the Beat Tasmania Police officers on the frontline are being equipped with the latest in personal protection equipment. New high visibility load bearing and personal protection vests will be provided to every Tasmania Police officer, with around 300 of the vests issued to date. “We are committed to the safety of…
Burned out vehicle found near Guildford
At about 3:25pm on Thursday the 16th of April 2015 Tasmania Police responded to a report of a burned out vehicle near Guildford, in the state’s North West. A body was found in the vehicle. The vehicle was registered to missing Wynyard man Neville Austin (aged 70). While forensic examinations continue to determine the identity,…