Outlaw motorcycle gang members charged with firearms offences
Police have charged two members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang with firearms offences. A 53 year old man was charged following a vehicle intercept at West Moonah in the early hours of yesterday morning. A search of the man’s vehicle, and subsequent search of a residential address, resulted in a quantity of drugs and…
Fourth person charged over Caveside Home Invasion
Launceston CIB have today interviewed and charged a fourth person over the aggravated burglary and stealing in Caveside last Sunday. A 32-year- old man from Rocherlea has been charged with committing the aggravated burglary and stealing. The man is also alleged to have used the complainant’s credit card to withdraw cash from an ATM in…
Yolla Man charged following a series of Wynyard Country Burglaries
Police have charged a Yolla man with nineteen offences following burglaries in the Wynyard community. Since late December 2019, the Wynyard community living in rural areas around Yolla and Elliot have been victim to a person allegedly breaking into houses and outbuildings in the early hours of the morning and stealing property. Approximately $40,000 worth…
Police investigate Goodwood incident
Police are investigating an incident that occurred about 11.20pm last night, in the Goodwood area. Police received a report that a group of five youths entered a property and made verbal threats towards one of the occupants, also a youth, who was inside their residence at the time. Police believe one member of the…
Third person charged in relation to Caveside Aggravated Burglary
Police have charged a third person in relation to a home invasion at Caveside in the early hours of Sunday morning. Detectives from Launceston CIB located a 25-year-old woman at an address in Perth this morning. She has been charged with Aggravated Burglary and Stealing and bailed to appear before the Launceston Magistrates Court on…
Police investigating suspicious house fire in Gagebrook
Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Gagebrook early this morning which completely destroyed a house on Bond Place. Around 4:30am police on patrol observed the vacant house fully alight. Tasmania Fire Service attended the scene and extinguished the fire. The house was completely destroyed, with damage estimated at around $250,000. Police are investigating the…
Two people to be charged over Caveside home invasion
A man has been charged and a woman will be proceeded against by summons in relation to a home invasion at Caveside in the early hours of Sunday morning. Detectives from Launceston CIB today searched a house in Prospect and recovered property allegedly stolen during the incident. About 3am on Sunday, 26 April three people…
Tasmania Police assessment of rumoured ‘illegal party’ by health care workers
Tasmania Police has conducted an assessment into an alleged ‘illegal dinner party’ of health care workers on the North West Coast of Tasmania, contributing to the spread of Covid-19 in that region. Investigators have determined that there is no evidence of such a gathering occurring after the relevant Directions by the Director of Public…
Police investigating aggravated burglary at Caveside residence
Police are seeking public assistance as they investigate an aggravated burglary at a Caveside house early yesterday morning. Around 3am an elderly woman in bed woke to three offenders inside her house. The offenders were inside the property for around 10 minutes and stole a number of items including jewellery, watches, a phone and a…
Prisoner charged after escape attempt
A 21-year-old man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a prison officer and escaping custody in Hobart this evening. Tasmania Police received a report a male prisoner had escaped from custody at the Royal Hobart Hospital shortly after 5:15pm on Sunday, 26 April. Multiple units responded and arrested the man nearby minutes later. A prison…