Police investigate Bridgewater incident
Police are investigating an incident which occurred in Newbury Place, Bridgewater around 10.30pm last night. It’s alleged a man wearing motorcycle clothing attended a residential address containing three occupants and allegedly produced a firearm. The man demanded property from the occupants, before fleeing the area prior to police arrival. The firearm was not discharged…
Fatal Single Vehicle Traffic Crash Huon Highway Huonville 22 April 2021
On Thursday 22 April 2021 at around 7:30pm Ambulance Tasmania were advised of a single vehicle crash on the Huon Highway just South of Huonville. Emergency Service crews attended shortly after. However, the 39-year-old male driver and sole occupant of the vehicle was pronounced deceased at the scene. Preliminary investigations indicate that the vehicle has…
Police investigating deliberately lit fire in Invermay
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire which destroyed a unit in Invermay this morning. Around 6am Tasmania Police and Tasmania Fire Service attended a report of a fire at a unit on Dunning Street. The unit was destroyed, with damage estimated at around $200,000. Fire Investigators have determined the fire was deliberately lit. The…
Police investigating Invermay firearms incident
Launceston police attended an Invermay address early this morning after receiving reports of a firearm being discharged. At the scene a 52-year-old man had sustained serious injuries, having been shot with a firearm after confronting two people outside at his vehicle. The man is currently at the Launceston General Hospital in a serious but stable…
Trail Bike Crash at Trial Harbour
A North-West man in his 30’s has tragically died on Ocean Beach just south of Trial Harbour. Just after 3:00 pm on Sunday the alarm was raised that the man had been found semi-conscious on the Beach. Other members of his riding party returned to look for him when he failed to rendezvous with them…
Search in Runnymede Area
At 9.00am on Sunday 18 April, police and emergency services conducted a search in the Runnymede area for a 51 year old woman who had been involved in a single vehicle crash on the Tasman Highway. The woman had become disoriented after the crash and wondered into bushland trying to seek assistance from nearby homesteads.…
West Coast Rescue
A 41 year old Smithton woman has been admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital after an incident on Saturday 17 April on the West Coast’s iconic Climies Track. At about 2:00 pm a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) was activated by a group four-wheel driving on Climes Track near Granite Creek. Senior Sergeant Adam Spencer of…
Offenders Apprehended from Stolen Vehicle
Police took 5 youths in custody after a stolen white Pulsar was spiked in Berriedale about 9.15 on Saturday morning. All 5 suspects were apprehended within minutes of fleeing the stolen vehicle. The events started in the early hours of Saturday morning when a vehicle was stolen from Bridgewater. The vehicle was later sighted in…
Illegal firearms targeted under new police taskforce
A new police taskforce has been established to target illegal firearms in the Launceston area. Commander Stuart Wilkinson said that the taskforce involved members of Launceston CIB specifically concentrating on firearm crime. “The new taskforce will be investigating intelligence relating to firearms and seeking to take as many illegal firearms off our streets…
Fatal Crash in Ridgley
A man in his 20’s has died following a crash on West Mooreville Road, Ridgley. About 5:30pm on Thursday 15 April, police and emergency services attended a crash on West Mooreville Road, Ridgley. A Ford utility left the road on a slight bend on West Mooreville Road where it rolled and collided with a tree.…