High range drink driver detected on King Island
Police urge motorists to remember the dangers of drink driving after a driver was detected almost four time the legal alcohol limit on King Island last night. Around 7pm police intercepted a vehicle on Netherby Street at Currie. The driver, a 24-year-old woman, was subject to a roadside breath test and returned a positive indication…
Police officer charged
A 31-year-old male constable from the Western District is due to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court on 27 October 2023, having been served with a summons to appear on a charge of common assault. The offence is alleged to have been committed at Burnie on 29 January 2023. The officer was on duty at…
Man charged over vehicle stealing, firearms
A man has been arrested and charged with stealing six motor vehicles, multiple firearms offences and breaches of bail as part of a recent police operation. Police will allege the 31-year-old Somerset man stole the vehicles from a secure site on the North-West Coast between 6 July and 28 July 2023. So far, three of…
OMCG Arrests, Devonport CBD Assault 6 August 2023
Two interstate outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) members have been charged with affray and several counts of assault in relation to an incident in Devonport last weekend. Shortly after 6am today, members of Tasmania Police and Australian Federal Police executed a search warrant at a rural property near New Norfolk where a Tasmanian OMCG member lives.…
Police release vehicle details in Cafasso murder case
Police are renewing calls for information into the murder of 20-year-old Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso on 11 October 1995 at Freshwater Creek, Beamauris. Detectives investigating the case have released reconstructed images of a vehicle spotted at various locations in the Beaumaris area including at Freshwater Creek at the time of Victoria’s murder. The distinctive light…
Southern Tasmanian man charged with drugs and firearms offences
Police have charged a 64-year-old man with unlawful trafficking in firearms and controlled substances following a controlled operation in Dromedary yesterday. Detective Acting Sergeant Sam Storer said officers from Southern Drugs and Firearms squad and other specialised police resources, searched a large residential property and bushland and located and seized: approximately 1.7 kilograms of cannabis…
Youth charged in relation to window damage at Burnie
A 15-year-old youth appeared before an out-of-hours Youth Justice Court last night on 11 counts of Destroying Property, 1 Count of Stealing and 1 count of Assaulting Police. The charges related to windows damaged on businesses and Burnie City Council assets on Wilmot Street, Burnie, overnight 9-10 August. Total cost of damage, which included a…
Burnie Police investigating windows damaged on Wilmot Street
Burnie Police are investigating damage to windows on businesses and Burnie City Council assets on Wilmot Street overnight (9-10 August). Damage costs are expected to be significant. A Burnie youth has been identified as the person responsible and Burnie Police are continuing their investigations in relation to the matter. Any business owner in the area…
Arson – Farrow Place, Bridgewater
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire that occurred around 10pm last night (9 August 2023) on Farrow Place, Bridgewater. The fire was extinguished relatively quickly, causing an estimated $2,000 damage to the building. While no one was injured, an adult occupant was treated for smoke inhalation. This is believed to be an isolated incident…
Bushwalkers rescued from Cradle Mountain
Police are again urging bushwalkers to be prepared after two people called for help at Cradle Mountain overnight. Emergency services were alerted to two men who had been walking in the national park, before they went off track and became stuck in extremely steep terrain just before 5.30pm last night. The Burnie locals had trekked to the summit,…