Fatal motorcycle and utility crash on Steele Street, Devonport
At around 10:27am on Sunday the 27th day of October 2019, Police were alerted to a crash between a motorcycle and a utility towing a caravan on Steele Street, Devonport. The motorcycle has been driven eastbound on the Don road just prior to where it meets Steele Street. The rider of the motorcycle was a…
Launceston Motorcycle rider detected speeding 70km/h above limit
Police this morning arrested a Launceston man after he was intercepted riding his motorcycle 70km/h above the speed limit in Trevallyn. Around 9:45am, police performing speed reduction duties on the West Tamar Highway detected the man travelling at 140km/h in the 70km/h speed zone. The 20-year-old Launceston man was intercepted by police, had his bike…
Search ongoing for man missing on Tasman Peninsular
Police are continuing to search the Tasman Peninsular area today for a man who became lost in bushland near Roaring Beach early this morning. Around 1.30am, police received a report of a 44-year-old man who had strayed into bushland in the Roaring Beach area. Police have been searching the area since early this morning utilising…
Man charged after Aggravated Armed Robbery – Chigwell
Tasmania Police arrested a 25-year-old man from Risdon Vale after an armed robbery in Chigwell last night where a man was struck to the head and received a head wound. He was charged with Aggravated Armed Robbery and detained to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court today. Investigations have revealed that two men, one of…
New Town man detected driving 45km/h above the speed limit at Risdon Cove
A 23 year old New Town man has received an infringement notice after police detected him driving at 45km/h above the speed limit at Risdon Cove this morning. Police were conducting mobile speed checks and detected the man travelling at 115km/h in a 70km/h speed zone on the East Derwent Highway in the vicinity of…
Firearms Incident – Killarney Road, Bridgewater
At approximately 9pm on Wednesday 23 October 2019, police were called to attend Killarney Road, Bridgewater in response to reports of gun shots. When they arrived it was discovered that a number of shots had been fired into the front of a house and that the person(s) responsible had fled. Police believe that the shots…
Police to focus on hooning this long weekend
Police will be targeting hooning and other dangerous driving behaviour this long weekend in Southern Tasmania. Acting Inspector Ben Duffey said that members of the public were encouraged to send in their dash cam or video as evidence if they witness dangerous driving. “During public holiday periods we find there are more vehicles on our…
Man arrested after protesting from tree-sit location in Tarkine Forest
Police have this afternoon arrested a man protesting from a tree-sit location in the Tarkine Forest south of Smithton. The 21-year-old Hobart man was arrested for Trespassing on Sustainable Timber Tasmania land which was restricting their activities. He was taken to the Smithton Police Station where he was charged and bailed to appear before the…
Two arrested in Gagebrook incident – a woman and three police injured
Two people were arrested in Gagebrook last night after a woman was assaulted and the arrest of the alleged offender resulted in the deployment of OC spray and three police officers injured. Police attended an address in Allan Place, Bridgewater after a report of a disturbance, arriving just after 11pm. A woman at the address…
Police investigating burglary at Park Grove construction site
Police are investigating a burglary of a shipping container at a construction site at Park Grove overnight. Between 5:30pm last night and 8:30am this morning, a shipping container on West Park Grove was entered and a significant number of power tools were stolen. Anyone with information in relation to the theft, suspicious activity at the…