Suspicious house fire – Kings Meadows – Charges
Suspicious House Fire – Kings Meadows – Charges A 24 year old Launceston man has been charged with arson following a house fire that occurred in Gascoyne Street, Kings Meadows on the afternoon of Saturday 12 September. Acting Sergeant Stuart Greenwood of Launceston stated “The fire was not a random act and I would like…
Suspicious House Fire – Kings Meadows
At 5:30pm, Saturday 12 September, Police and Tasmania Fire Service personnel were called to the scene of a house fire on Gascoyne Street, Kings Meadows. A member of the public driving past the residence had observed thick smoke and flames emanating from the front of the house and immediately called emergency service personnel. Tasmania Fire…
Crash at Motorcross event near Bridport
Crash at Motocross Event near Bridport On Saturday 12 September 2015 a motocross event was being held at Santarena Park near Bridport. At around 11.20am a race was in progress when a male rider has fallen from his motorcycle, landing awkwardly after riding over a double jump. Ambulance personnel were on site and attended to…
Traffic Offences
An 18year old man from Brighton appeared before the Hobart Magistrates Court today fronting a variety of traffic offences. The charges arose from an incident on the 11th July 2015 when the offender borrowed a motorcycle, which belonged to his father, and went for a ride along roads in the Brighton municipality. Police detected the…
Serious single motorcycle crash
A 25 year old Launceston man is in a serious but stable condition following a motorcycle crash in Invermay this afternoon at 7:52 PM. Police and emergency services were called to the Inveresk walking trail between Forster Street and Invermay Road where the male rider of an unregistered trail bike struck a bollard in the…
Firearms and drug seizure
On Thursday morning 10 September 2015 members from Southern Drug Investigation Services, assisted by CIB and uniform personnel, executed a search warrant at an address in Bridgewater. As a result of the search the following items were located and seized: 12 rifles and shotguns, a number of which are believed to be stolen 1 revolver…
Witness details requested
Tasmania Police received a report of a concern for welfare at approximately 10pm on Friday 4 September 2015. The female caller was concerned about a man she’d observed sitting on the roadway on Warwick Street, Hobart. The man had suffered head injury and later died in hospital. Police would like to piece together his movements…
Suspicious fires at Burnie and Smithton
Police in the Western District are investigating two overnight fires which are being treated as suspicious. Car fire – Minna Road, Stowport At 8pm on the 8th September 2015, Burnie Police attended a car fire on Minna Road, Stowport. The vehicle was parked in a paddock and had not been moved for over a week.…
Supply of illicit drug capsules in Smithton
Detectives investigating the supply of illicit drug capsules in Smithton last Saturday night will charge three Smithton men. Detective Inspector Kim Steven said, “Detectives from the Western Drug Investigation Services have been working with the local Smithton Police since Saturday night and as a result of a number of searches and interviews conducted during that…
Missing Person – Ben Plowright
Tasmania Police have confirmed that a body recovered from the South Esk River at Perth on Friday afternoon is that of missing Launceston man, Ben Plowright. A post mortem examination conducted in Hobart yesterday confirmed Mr Plowright’s identity. Mr Plowright was last seen in Arthur Street at Perth on the evening of 30 May 2015.…