Continued Search for Missing Child – Shayla Phillips
A significant search is ongoing in the Stormlea area for missing 4-year-old girl, Shayla Phillips, with additional resources from interstate arriving in Tasmania last night. “Understandably as we enter another day searching for Shayla, we are concerned for her welfare,” said Inspector Gavin Hallett. “Significant resources are continuing to search the Stormlea Road area, with…
Significant search ongoing in Stormlea area for missing 4-year-old girl, Shayla Phillips
A significant search is ongoing in the Stormlea area on the Tasman Peninsula for missing 4-year-old girl, Shayla Phillips. “As we enter day two of the search for Shayla, increasing concerns are held for her welfare,” said Inspector Gavin Hallett. Shayla has long brown curly hair and was last seen around 2.30pm yesterday wearing pink…
Tasmania Police to extradite NSW man charged with trafficking
A 37-year-old New South Wales man has been arrested in Sydney and charged with trafficking in a controlled substance, following a significant investigation into the importation of illicit drugs to Tasmania. The man appeared in court in Sydney today and will be extradited to Tasmania tomorrow, to re-appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court. The investigation,…
Search ongoing for missing child at Stormlea
A search is ongoing in the Stormlea area for missing 4-year-old girl, Shayla Phillips, who has not been seen since around 2.30pm yesterday. Shayla was last seen playing with two dogs in a backyard on Stormlea Road. At the time she was wearing pink leggings, a cream top, and gumboots. A significant search has continued…
Search underway for missing child at Stormlea
A search is currently underway in the Stormlea area for a missing 4-year-old girl who was last seen around 2.30pm today. Personnel from Tasmania Police, Tasmania SES, and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, are searching the Stormlea Road area for the girl who was last seen playing in a backyard with two dogs, one of which…
Fatal crash on private property at Campania under investigation
Sadly a man has died as a result of a workplace incident on a property at Campania this afternoon. Police and emergency services, including the Westpac Rescue Helicopter, attended a property on Colebrook Road, following a report that an excavator had rolled around 12.35pm. The driver of the excavator, a man in his 80s, was…
Police investigating crash which damaged Devonport Business
Police are seeking public information from anyone who witnessed a car crash into a business in Devonport last night, or the vehicle prior to the crash. Around 10.40pm, emergency services responded to a crash on Forbes Street, where the driver of a late model dark coloured Holden sedan had lost control of their vehicle and…
Structure Fire at 143 Westbury Road, Prospect
On Sunday the 20th of March 2022 shortly after 7pm Tasmania Police and Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS) were tasked to attend a structure fire at 143 Westbury Road, Prospect. Upon arrival the unoccupied building was found to be well-alight. The fire was quickly extinguished by attending fire crews. The premises is a heritage-listed building known…
Pedestrian Crash – Victoria Bridge Devonport
At 3:50pm today Devonport Police attended to a pedestrian crash on the Victoria Bridge in Devonport. A female suffering a medical episode was struck by a slow-moving vehicle whilst walking across the bridge in the vehicle lanes. The Western Bound lanes of the bridge were closed for about 20 minutes before one lane…
Drowned Diver – Recherche Bay, Recherche
About 6pm on Sunday 13 March 2022 police received a call that a diver was overdue at Recherche Bay and there was concern for his welfare. Uniform Police, Search and Rescue personnel, Tasmanian Ambulance officers and the Westpac Rescue Helicopter were tasked to attend. A 35 year old male was located unconscious underwater and was…