Tasmania Police warns cryptocurrency ATM users following $1.5 million in scam losses
Tasmania Police is urging users of cryptocurrency ATMs to remain vigilant following an investigation that identified significant financial losses suffered by Tasmanian scam victims. Police identified that, over a three-month period earlier this year, Tasmanian victims lost more than $1.5 million, with funds deposited into cryptocurrency ATMs across the state. The investigation forms part of…
Driver charged following targeted operation in Launceston CBD
Police have charged a 24-year-old Invermay man following a targeted operation focusing on dangerous driver behaviour in the Launceston CBD. At approximately 11.30pm on Saturday, 19 September 2026, police observed a vehicle performing a dangerous act of loss of traction in a car park in Paterson Street, Launceston. The driver was intercepted, arrested and taken…
Police seize 17kg of methamphetamine
Police have delivered a major blow to the operations of organised crime in Tasmania with detectives arresting two men for alleged drug trafficking and seizing 17kg of methamphetamine in a targeted search near Burnie – believed to be the largest single seizure of methamphetamine (ice) in the state. Officers from the Tasmania Joint Organised Crime…
Woman charged over North West Regional Hospital fire
Police investigating a fire at the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie have charged a 28-year-old woman with one count of arson. The charge relates to a fire within the Spencer Clinic of the NWRH on Saturday night, which forced the evacuation of staff and patients from the clinic, paediatric ward, food preparation area and…
Fire investigation at North West Regional Hospital
Police are investigating a fire this evening at the North West Regional Hospital in Burnie. One person is in custody and is assisting police with their inquiries. Police and Tasmania Fire Service crews from Burnie and Devonport responded to the fire at the hospital’s Spencer Clinic about 6.30 tonight. The fire has been contained to…
Call for information on two-vehicle crash at Latrobe
Police are investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a black Ford Falcon sedan and white Ford Ranger at the intersection of Percival and Cotton Streets, Latrobe, on Friday evening. The male driver and sole occupant of the Falcon is receiving treatment in Royal Hobart Hospital. Two people in the Ford Ranger were taken to the North…
Man in custody over alleged assault incident in New Town
A man is in custody following an aggravated armed robbery that occurred in New Town yesterday. Police and emergency services were called to the scene in Park St about 6am following a report a woman had been assaulted with a baseball bat. Investigations suggest the woman was walking along Park St near the Tower Motel…
Tasmania Police seeking new custodian for historic PV Vigilant
After more than 55 years of active service, Tasmania’s wooden Police Vessel (PV) Vigilant is being retired and offered for sale through a public tender process. Built from locally sourced Tasmanian Huon Pine, Vigilant was designed and constructed by renowned Tasmanian shipwright Ray Kemp at Woodbridge and was originally commissioned as an ocean rescue launch…
Charge upgraded to murder following Railton serious incident
A man has now been charged with murder following a serious assault incident at Railton yesterday. Shortly after 8.30am, emergency services attended a private residence following reports a man had been assaulted. The alleged offender had left the scene and was arrested at a nearby location a short time later. The 42-year-old man from Tarleton…
Fire investigation at New Town
Police investigating a structure fire in New Town, Hobart, early this morning are calling for members of the public with relevant information to come forward. Tasmania Police and Tasmania Fire Service were notified of the fire at a vacant house at Raluana Lane, New Town, about 2.35am on Thursday. TFS confirmed the house was not…