Tourists rescued from closed road in Tasmania’s highlands
Police have issued a stern reminder about obeying road closures and dangerous roads warnings, after three tourists crashed on a closed road in Tasmania’s highlands last night. Bridgewater Inspector Marco Ghedini said the trio called Triple Zero (000) shortly before 6pm, after running off the road due to ice and snow. “Highland Lakes Road had…
Mornington man charged with string of offences across southern Tasmania
A 29-year-old man from Mornington has today been charged with several offences, allegedly committed across Southern Tasmania since 11 June. Yesterday detectives searched a residence in Warrane and located the man at the rear of the property, inside a reportedly stolen motor vehicle. Approximately $20,000 of allegedly stolen items were located, which police believe came…
Rescue crew retrieves woman from Overland Track
A 28 year old woman from Victoria has been safely retrieved from the Overland Track today, after activating a personal locator beacon yesterday evening. The woman’s PLB was activated about 5:30pm, showing her to be close to 2km south of Kitchen Hut. As weather conditions were poor and helicopter access was not possible, a team…
Police investigating Pontville hooning
Tasmania Police is investigating reports of hooning and burnouts on Brighton Road, Pontville on Saturday 17 June 2023. Inspector Marco Ghedini said that shortly after 3pm, two vehicles, a silver Holden Commodore and a white Holden Statesman were observed to be driving in an extremely dangerous manner outside St Mathews Catholic Church at Pontville. “Police…
Repeat traffic offender remanded in custody
Police have charged a 50-year-old man with several counts of driving while disqualified and providing false information to police after being caught twice in two days. The man was arrested in Strahan on Friday for driving while disqualified and was released on bail. He was caught driving again the following day, in Zeehan, and was…
Fatal motor vehicle crash – Bass Highway, Latrobe
Sadly a 19 year old man has died following a crash on the Bass Highway, Latrobe last night. A three-vehicle crash occurred about 7:30pm. All three vehicles had single occupants who were transported to hospital. A Launceston man in his 20s was treated for non life threatening injuries and a 17 year old remains in…
Crash investigation ongoing into Longford serious crash
Police have completed examinations at the scene of a serious single car crash on Illawarra Road at Longford which occurred around 4.45am this morning. As a result of the crash four people were transported to hospital for medical treatment: A 32-year-old woman from Summerhill in a critical condition A 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old woman,…
Youth charged with Aggravated Armed Robbery at Woolworths, Claremont
Police have charged a 15-year-old youth with Aggravated Armed Robbery in relation to an incident at Woolworths Claremont last night. At 10.20pm the youth approached the loading area at the rear of the store, where staff members were conducting night fill. The youth struck a staff member with a small axe and threatened a second…
30 Drivers Detected Using Mobile Phones in Launceston Traffic Operation
Police have expressed disappointment following a traffic operation conducted in Launceston yesterday that targeted inattentive driver behaviour. The operation that utilised covert patrols of the Launceston Central Business District yielded the following detections: 30 drivers were caught using their mobile phones whilst driving. 1 driver was caught failing to wear a seat belt. 2 drivers…
Around 20 illegal firearms seized and removed from Northern community
Since 9 May, Northern District Police have seized and removed approximately 20 illegal firearms from the community and charged 9 people with firearms related offences. Detective Inspector Nathan Johnston from Northern CIB said, “Tasmania Police are committed to removing illegal firearms from our community and over the past five weeks around 20 firearms have been…