Fatal Crash – Lake Leake
Tasmania Police attended the scene of a single vehicle crash on Lake Leake Road, late on Friday night. Investigations suggest that the crash occurred at 11:30pm on Friday 14 July, when a white Holden Rodeo utility, lost control on a sweeping left hand bend of Lake Leake Road. The vehicle has veered onto the incorrect…
Police Release Photo Located With Human Skeletal Remains
Detectives investigating the identity of human remains in remote bushland in southern Tasmania have released information to assist the investigation. On Sunday 9 July, the remains were located in an area of remote bushland in the Huon Valley. They were un-covered near a make-shift shelter and there were no sleeping items to indicate the person…
Busy Night For Police Search And Rescue
It was a busy night for Police Search and Rescue teams with two technical rescues. * * * Injured Woman rescued from Mystery Creek Cave Just after midnight last night Police Search and Rescue Officers rescued a woman with a broken femur from Mystery Creek Cave. Around 1:30pm yesterday Police responded to a report that…
Dangerous Driving – between Smithton and Preolenna
Police are seeking assistance from members of the public in relation to a red Holden Commodore sedan without number plates that committed numerous traffic offences in the Smithton and Preolenna areas on Thursday 13 July 2017. Police are particularly interested in speaking to the motorist who was forced to take evasive action to avoid this…
Ravenswood Arson Attack
Police are investigating an arson attack in Ravenswood last night which destroyed a Warring Street unit. At around 9:45pm, two men wearing what are believed to be bandanas over their faces have thrown home-made Molotov cocktail bottles at the front of the unit, smashing the windows, and igniting a fire which fully engulfed the property.…
Beaconsfield Man Charged With Making False Report Of Robbery
Police have charged a Beaconsfield man with making a false report of a robbery at a Beauty Point business around 6:15am this morning. The 43-year-old man will appear before the Launceston Magistrates Court at a later date. Members of the public who saw a high police presence in the Beauty Point area early this morning…
$800,000 Mowbray Timber Yard Fire Deemed Suspicious
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire at Neville Smith Forest Products in Mowbray last night where high grade timber valued at $800,000 was destroyed. The Tasmania Fire Service responded to the fire on Remount Road at around 10:40pm and were confronted by an intense fire which had engulfed 240 racks of timber in the…
Motor Vehicle Crash – Bass Highway, Latrobe at Cherry Shed
On Wednesday the 12th July, 2017, at about 5pm a two vehicle motor vehicle crash occurred in the 90km/h zone at the intersection of the Bass Highway and Gilbert Street, Latrobe. As a result of the crash the Bass Highway was closed for approximately 3hrs 40min, whilst Tasmania Police (Uniform, Forensics, and Western Accident Investigation…
Human Skeletal Remains Located In Huon Valley Bushland
Police are investigating the discovery of human skeletal remains located in an area of remote bushland in the Huon Valley last Sunday. The remains were located by two Hobart men bushwalking in an area of forest around 10 kilometres from the Tahune Airwalk. The remains appear have been there for a number of years and…
Man Charged With Arson Of Middleton Fire Station
Kingston CIB have charged a 28 year old man from Middleton with the attempted arson of the Middleton Fire Station on Saturday 1st July 2017 and the arson of the Middleton Fire Station on Saturday 8th July 2017. The man will appear in court on the 21st August 2017. Arson can have a devastating effect on the…