Operation full stop to target hooning in Risdon Vale and Clarendon Vale
Tasmania Police has today launched Operation Full Stop, a targeted initiative aimed at cracking down on hooning and unsafe driving in the suburbs of Risdon Vale and Clarendon Vale. Operation Full Stop is designed to: • Reduce hooning and reckless driving • Improve road safety • Reassure the community that dangerous behaviour will not be…
Fatal Crash, West Ulverstone
A 50-year-old Devonport man has died following a crash on Penguin Road, West Ulverstone overnight. The single vehicle crash occurred about 11:30pm, when the man’s vehicle left the road and crashed into two power poles. The 20-year-old male passenger sustained serious injuries and has been transported to the North-West Regional Hospital for medical treatment. Crash…
Key enforcement results from northern road safety Day of Action
Tasmania Police is continuing to conduct a high-visibility road safety operation across the Northern District today, targeting the key driving behaviours that contribute to serious and fatal crashes. As of 4pm, key enforcement outcomes include: • 61 speeding offences • Three mobile phone offences • 747 random breath tests, with no drink drivers detected •…
Man charged following discovery of homemade firearm in Sandy Bay
A 34-year-old Glenorchy man is due to appear in the Hobart Magistrates Court today after police allegedly located a homemade firearm during a vehicle stop in Sandy Bay. Around midday yesterday, officers from Hobart Uniform intercepted the man’s vehicle during routine patrols. During the stop, police located a homemade handgun concealed inside the vehicle. The…
Taskforce Respect has conducted 20 arrests and laid more than 55 charges in Glenorchy area in past month
Continuing to target anti-social behaviour and retail crime in the Glenorchy CBD area, Taskforce Respect has conducted 20 arrests and laid more than 55 charges in the past month. “Taskforce Respect – with a focus on high-visibility policing and community engagement through foot patrols – is continuing to target anti-social behaviour and retail crime in…
Search and Rescue – Freycinet National Park
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter and Search and Rescue officers were dispatched about 8:30pm tonight to a lost bushwalker in the Freycinet National Park. Sergeant Ricki Eaves advises “The 22 year old man had walked from Sleepy Bay to Mount Parsons, before separating from his group. Due to the weather, a walking party deployed and located…
High range speeding detected in northern Tasmania
Police are disappointed after officers from Longford Station detected two high-risk traffic offences within an hour yesterday (September 3). About 3.45pm, a 20-year-old man from New Norfolk was caught driving at 130 km/h on the Midland Highway at Conara. He was driving an unregistered vehicle on a suspended learner’s licence, without a supervising driver. Learner…
Fatal crash – Campania
Sadly, a person has died following a serious crash at Campania this morning. About 6.40am today, emergency services responded to reports of a crash on Fingerpost Road involving a prime mover and a Volkswagon Golf. Sadly, the driver of the Volkswagon, a man in his 50s, died at the scene. The driver of the truck…
Suspicious garage fire at Beaconsfield
Police are calling for information on a suspicious garage fire at Beaconsfield on Wednesday morning in which the building, and two vehicles inside it, were badly damaged. Tasmania Fire Service investigators and Tasmania Police were at the scene of the fire in Weld Street, Beaconsfield, this morning and have determined it was deliberately lit. Fire…
Two people charged following search at Miandetta property
Two people have been charged following a police search at Miandetta where drugs and firearms were located and seized. During a search at a residence at Miandetta yesterday, police allegedly located and seized a number of items including a quantity of methylamphetamine, a stolen 12-gauge shotgun, and a replica pistol. A 43-year-old Devonport man has…