New $12.5m Bridgewater station a boost for Tasmania Police and community
A multi million-dollar project to deliver a new police station at Bridgewater is complete, with the station fully operational and the base for a new era of policing in southern Tasmania. Tasmania Police Southern District Commander Jason Elmer said the $12.5m station expanded policing capability – providing increased capacity for officers, conference facilities, an incident…
Northern firearms amnesty this weekend
Police are encouraging people to surrender illegal or unwanted firearms or ammunition at a firearms amnesty in the North this weekend. Acting Sergeant Nathan Ford said that under Tasmania’s permanent firearms amnesty, police will be conducting a firearms amnesty drive at Newnham this weekend. “Any illicit firearm is a concern to Tasmania Police, and we…
Best of both worlds – from shearing shed to Constable on beat
Victoria Lang is confident her experiences in the hustle and bustle of a shearing shed will hold her in good stead as she makes a career switch to Tasmania Police. The qualified wool handler, wool classer and successful competitor, is part of Tasmania Police Recruit Training Course 4, 2025 and is undertaking an intensive 28-week…
Police investigating suspicious car and house fires
Police are continuing investigations into a structure fire and a vehicle fire which both occurred on Tuesday night (18 November). The structure fire was at a residence on Tolosa Street, Glenorchy and the vehicle fire was the vicinity of Gordons Hill Road, Lindisfarne. Police believe the two incidents are linked and are calling for information…
Taskforce Scelus detect drug drivers during targeted road safety operation
Police detected 10 drug drivers during a targeted road safety operation in the Western District this week. Officers from Taskforce Scelus targeted drug driving during the two-day operation on Monday and Tuesday. Acting Inspector Martin Parker said seven of the 10 drivers who returned a positive result for illicit drugs had been intercepted by police…
Police investigating suspicious structure fire at Glenorchy
Police are investigating a suspicious structure fire at a residence in Glenorchy last night. Emergency services were called to the fire in Tolosa Street about 11.00pm after reports of a house on fire. Tasmania Fire Service contained the fire before an investigation determined it was deliberately lit. Nobody was inside the structure at the time,…
Walkers winched to safety from Mt Anne
The two women stranded overnight in severe weather conditions at Mt Anne have been winched to safety a short time ago. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was able to reach the area this morning after conditions improved, and both women were successfully extracted. They are being assessed by paramedics and appear to be in good health.
Rescue efforts underway for two walkers stranded at Mt Anne
Police and other emergency services are continuing efforts to rescue two women stranded in severe weather conditions on Mt Anne in the Southwest National Park overnight. Search Controller Callum Herbert said authorities were notified about 6.20pm yesterday, after a Triple Zero (000) call was made by the pair “The two women, aged 22 and 23,…
Fatal Crash – West Tamar Highway, Legana
Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a motorcycle and three other vehicles that occurred about 4.45pm on Monday, 17 November 2025. A 34-year-old man from Grindelwald was riding a black Kawasaki Ninja motorbike in a northerly direction along the West Tamar Highway near Danbury Drive South when it struck a Toyota Hiace Van travelling…
Man charged in Launceston with drug trafficking
Police have charged a 35-year-old man from northern Tasmania with trafficking the illicit drugs GHB and methamphetamine, following his arrest in Launceston on Sunday night. Police seized the drugs – alleged to have included a significant amount of crystalised GHB, a bottle of liquid GHB and several small amounts of methamphetamine in snap-lock bags –…