Easter Operation Crossroads | Day 3 Report
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities (cumulative Total) Note: This is a cumulative report comparing this stage in this year’s operation to the same stage in Last year’s operation. State wide traffic enforcement activities 2017 2016 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 11117 7827 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date…
Easter Operation Crossroads | Day 2 Report
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities (total) Note: This is a cumulative report comparing this stage in this year’s operation to the same stage in Last year’s operation. Please contact me if this causes confusion. State wide traffic enforcement activities 2017 2016 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 8815 5296 Motorists…
Multiple charges of dishonesty and arson
Detectives have today charged a 54-year-old man from Geeveston with multiple charges of arson and dishonestly offences. The charges are the culmination of a three month investigation by Detectives from Kingston CIB which commenced on 6 January 2017 when the man’s house at Geeveston was destroyed by fire. The man has been charged with arson and…
Easter Operation Crossroads | Day 1 Report
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities (total) State wide traffic enforcement activities 2017 2016 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 5333 2699 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 10 9 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 5 4 Total Infringement notices issued to date 144 113 Infringement…
Man charged with murder following discovery of human remains
A 45 year old Mayfield man has been charged with one count of murder following the discovery of human remains in the backyard of a Mayfield property overnight. The man was remanded in custody to appear in an out of hours session of the Launceston Magistrates Court at 8pm tonight. A 19 year…
Police remind bushwalkers to be prepared
Police have reminded bushwalkers to be prepared following an incident where interstate visitors became lost whilst bushwalking near Blue Tier last night. Acting Sgt Rob Shepherd, of St Helens Police, said that a man and woman in their 40s were walking with their four children aged between 10-17 years on the Blue Tier Range…
Police undertake forensic examination of Mayfield property
Northern detectives and forensic officers are on the scene of a Mayfield property in relation to the ongoing investigation of missing 24 year old Launceston man Tyson Timothy Clark-Robertson. Three people – a 45 year old man, a 53 year old man, and a 19 year old woman, all of Mayfield, are currently in…
Identikit Released | Indecent Assault, Glenorchy | Sunday 2 April
Police officers investigating an indecent assault, which occurred on Sunday 2 April, on Tolosa Street, Glenorchy, have released a computer generated likeness of a man, they believe to the suspect, in this matter. The assault occurred between 10.30am and 11.00am on Tolosa Street, Glenorchy. At the time the victim had a young child in a…
Structure Fire | Cumberland Street, Warrane
Police and emergency services responded to a fire-related incident in Cumberland St, Warrane earlier today, during which a structure caught fire. Police believe the incident involved people who were known to each other. One person was treated for smoke related injuries. Detectives were interested to speak with anyone who may have seen a white two…
Suspicious Fire | Dickson Street, Glenorchy
A fire which engulfed a unit on Dickson Street, Glenorchy last night is believed to be suspicious and Detectives from Glenorchy CIB are calling for witnesses. At approx. 8.50pm last night, Tasmania Fire Service were notified of a structure fire at a unit complex located at 6 Dickson Street, Glenorchy. Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania…