Essential services still being delivered to bushfire-affected areas
Tasmania Police, in consultation with the Tasmania Fire Service, is maintaining a road block on the Huon Highway for south-bound motorists to keep the community safe. However, we are very mindful of ensuring the delivery of essential services, including community supplies to towns south of Huonville, and consideration is being given to bona fide residents…
Targetted attacks on elderly couple’s residence – Dodges Ferry
Sorell police are investigating a series of deliberate acts of damage to an elderly couple’s home in the Dodges Ferry area over the last three weeks. Three separate incidents occurred in the early hours of the morning on the 7th and 28th of January during which a total of 30 windows have been destroyed by…
Drone use near Arve Rd, Geeveston
Tasmania Police is responding to reports of a drone being operated in a bushfire-affected area near Arve Rd, Geeveston. Firefighting operations rely heavily on the use of helicopters and other aircraft and any use of drones in the vicinity presents a risk to manned aviation. Water bombing aircraft need to fly at low altitudes, a…
Deliberately lit fire Tasman Highway, Buckland
Police are currently responding to reports of a fire being lit along the Tasman Highway Buckland. Police believe the fire was deliberately lit between 11.00am and 12.00pm. Police are seeking information from the public in relation to any sightings of suspicious persons or vehicles in the Buckland area. Information can be provided to Tasmania Police…
Man died as result of injuries sustained in ATV crash on 20 January
Sadly police can confirm a 35-year-old Warrane man has died as a result of injuries he sustained in an all-terrain vehicle crash on private property last month. The man was riding the quad bike on private property at Brinktop Road at Richmond, when the crash occurred around 2:30am on 20 January 2019. A female passenger…
Man arrested for burglary spree during Huon Valley fires
Tasmania Police Detectives have arrested and charged a 42 year old Police Point man with a series of burglaries in the Huon Valley. The man was targeting properties that had been evacuated by residents seeking alternate places of safety during the Huon Valley fires. The man was originally arrested on Monday however during investigation of…
Murdunna fire deliberately lit
Tasmania Police is investigating a fire that started in a pine plantation near a track off Hyland Rd at Murdunna yesterday. TFS Fire Investigators have eliminated all possible accidental causes and have determined the fire was deliberately lit. Bellerive CIB will be investigating further and would like to speak to anyone who may have seen…
Registering of relocated residents
Tasmania Police encourages residents who have left their homes and are unable to return due to the Riveaux Rd, Southwest fire in the Huon Valley to register this information using the Red Cross Register.Find.Reunite service. This can be done: In person at the Huon Valley PCYC or the Kingborough Sports Complex Evacuation Centres. These options…
Murdunna bushfire cause under investigation
Police are investigating the cause of a bushfire at Murdunna this afternoon. “Early indications are that the cause of the bushfire which started at around 12.30pm today in the Highlands Road area is suspicious,” said Inspector Natasha Freeman. “With a number of significant fires already burning across our state, its disappointing that someone would choose…
Man charged with assault following incident on Sheffield Main Road
Police have today charged a 19-year-old Sheffield man with Assault following an incident that occurred on Sheffield Main Road around 8.30pm yesterday. A 33-year-old man received serious head injuries as a result of the incident and was taken by Ambulance to the North West Regional Hospital before being flown to the Royal Hobart Hospital where…