North-West and Western Firearms Amnesty Days
Tasmania Police is conducting mobile firearms amnesties in the North-West and West Coast areas over the next few weeks. The first of the North-West and West Coast amnesties will be on Sunday in Sheffield. Police will establish mobile receiving sites at recreation grounds in Sheffield, Queenstown, Strahan, Rosebery, Zeehan and Smithton, where anyone with an…
Operation Unification (Update) (25-June)
Police in the Western District have made a number of firearm seizures as a result of Operation Unification searches this week.
Rescue of Injured Paraglider at Woodbury
The Tasmania Police Westpac Rescue Helicopter was today tasked by the Ambulance Tasmania to transport an injured paraglider from Woodbury to Hobart.
Operation Unification – Firearm Amnesty – Sorell Police Station (21-June)
Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Joel said: ‘A total of 20 firearms were handed to police officers at Sorell Police Station since 10.00 am this morning as part of an amnesty to support Operation Unification’.
Operation Unification – Gets Guns Off Our Streets (Update) (20-June)
Searches conducted by Tasmania Police as part of Operation Unification have so far resulted in firearms possession charges against three people.
Operation Unification – Surrendered Firearms (Update) (19-June)
Ammunition and 10 firearms were today surrendered at Launceston Police Station as part of a special gun amnesty for Operation Unification.
Police appeal for witnesses to New Norfolk coin burglary
Tasmania Police are investigating a burglary at the Star and Garter Hotel in New Norfolk in the early hours of this morning.
U-Turn program changes lives
The graduates of U-Turn Course 45 presented a restored Ford Falcon to Alison Lander from Burnie. Ms Lander’s sons Fletcher and Spencer suffered major burns in a car fire in 2012 and require ongoing medical treatment.
Serious injury collision East Devonport
Tasmania Police attended the scene of a two vehicle collision at the junction of Tarlton Street and Stephen Street, East Devonport which occurred at 5.00pm on Tuesday 17 June 2014.
Man appears on sexual assault matters
71 year old Hobart man appeared today in the Hobart Magistrates Court charged with 20 counts of indecent assault and 2 counts of sexual intercourse with a young person. He was not required to plea and was bailed to reappear at Hobart Magistrate’s Court on 9 July. The man was charged by police on 23…