Tasman Highway incident update
Police today have charged a 48-year old North Hobart man with carjacking and two counts of attempted carjacking following dangerous driving incident this morning on the Tasman Highway at Cambridge. At 7.05am, police received multiple calls in relation to a man in the northbound lanes of the Tasman Highway, just prior to the Cambridge…
Police investigate evade incident at Riverside
Police are investigating an evade incident at Riverside this morning. Around 8:45am police were performing speed reduction on Muddy Creek Road a 70km speed zone at Legana. Police detected a green Holden Commodore Station wagon travelling in excess of 100km an hour in a southerly direction. Police attempted to intercept the vehicle but due to…
Woman detected allegedly breaching home quarantine
A 25 year old Youngtown woman has been fined $774 after allegedly being detected breaching her Covid-19 home quarantine requirements. The woman arrived in the state on 25 October 2020, from New South Wales which is currently considered a medium risk region. As such she was subject to14 days’ home quarantine direction. During…
Police investigating rock thrown at Redline Bus in Dodges Ferry
Police are seeking public information in relation to a rock thrown through the window of an Redline Bus in-service in Dodges Ferry last night. Around 6.55pm a large rock was thrown through the window of a bus travelling on Carlton Beach Road which had community members on board. “Thankfully no one was injured but there…
Commercial Rock Lobster Fishermen Charged with Serious Offences
Marine Police have seized a commercial fishing vessel and charged three men with unlawful commercial Rock Lobster fishing at a significant cost to the fishery. Police will allege the fishermen were misreporting catch, fishing inside marine reserves, retaining under size Rock Lobster and unlawfully selling Rock Lobster. The complex and lengthy police investigation culminated this…
Police investigating Aggravated Armed Robbery in Chigwell
Police are investigating an aggravated armed robbery in Chigwell last night where a man received multiple stab wounds. Around 11.30pm police were called to a residence on Langura Avenue where the 36-year-old resident had received head injuries and multiple stab wounds. He was transferred to the Royal Hobart Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and is in…
Police renew appeal for assistance to locate long-term missing man Nicola Sallese
Tasmania Police is re-appealing for public assistance to locate long-term missing man Nicola Sallese. Mr Sallese was last seen driving his silver coloured Toyota Camry sedan (similar to the one pictured below) in Sheffield on 17 November 2008 and there has been no confirmed trace of him or his car since. “Missing person files are…
Excessive speeding – West Coast
A 26 year old Zeehan man has been charged with excessive speed after being detected travelling at 145km/hr on the Henty Road at Strahan which is a 100 km/hr zone. Police detected a silver Toyota Hilux at about 5:25 pm on Friday 23rd October 2020. The driver was fined $989, lost 6 demerit points…
Police to use SMS technology to strengthen home quarantine compliance checks
Tasmania Police will use SMS technology to further strengthen home quarantine compliance checking from tomorrow. Since 25 March this year, Tasmania Police has co-ordinated over 36,000 physical checks of those required to home quarantine. This has only been achieved through the support from volunteers within the State Emergency Service, Tasmania Fire Service and up until…
Longford Robbery
In the early hours on the 25th of October 2020 Tasmania Police and Ambulance Tasmania were called to attend a unit complex in Longford where an elderly male was assaulted in his home. During this incident personal items were stolen from the address. The elderly male sustained injuries to his head and body, which required…