Police investigations ongoing and following specific line of inquiry in relation to wounding incident at Claremont
Police investigations are ongoing and following a specific line of inquiry in relation to a wounding incident at Claremont early this morning. About 5am, police attended an address on Curlew Parade following a report that two people had entered the residence and assaulted the occupants. A man in his 20s was transported to the Royal…
Dangerous driver removed from roads following intelligence-led road safety traffic operation
A targeted operation by Northern Road Policing Services resulted in a man being arrested and charged with dangerous driving offences yesterday following community concerns received. Sergeant Scott McKinnell said police acted on information received through Crime Stoppers Tasmania and subsequently conducted an intelligence-led traffic operation to remove the unsafe driver from the roads. “Acting on…
Man charged with armed robbery in Moonah
A man from Claremont has been charged in relation to an alleged robbery at a business in Moonah last night. Police will allege the man entered a business on Main Road about 9.30pm armed with a small knife and demanded money. The man then allegedly left the scene with a small quantity of cash and…
Glenorchy man charged with drug trafficking
Police have charged a 24-year-old Glenorchy man with drug trafficking as part of ongoing investigations by the Tasmania Joint Organised Crime Task Force (JOCTF) into the distribution of illicit drugs in the state. Police allege the man was acting as a drug courier, with 1kg of methylamphetamine found inside a garage during the targeted search…
Motorists detected in Hobart CBD traffic operation
A week after detecting 40 traffic offences in a one-hour traffic operation in the Hobart CBD area, police conducted a similar operation this morning and concerningly detected 50 offences. Southern Road Policing Services detected 10 drivers using mobile phones and 40 drivers committing yellow or red-light offences. “Today’s results show too many drivers are still…
Man caught more than five times the legal alcohol limit
Officers from Southern Road Policing have charged a 31-year-old man after he was caught driving more than five times the legal alcohol limit at Cambridge last night. Community members raised the alarm with police about 7.00pm, after the man was allegedly driving dangerously. The man was detained by police about 7.24pm at Cambridge Park, and…
Four men fined over illegal wood cutting
Four men have been issued with infringement notices for illegal wood cutting in a reserve following a joint operation by Tasmania Police and Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service (PWS) in the state’s North-West this week. The Devonport and East Devonport residents – aged 37, 33, 31 and 24 – were intercepted by PWS officers and…
Man charged following Mowbray armed robbery
A man has been charged following an alleged armed robbery at a Mowbray business yesterday. Police were called to the business on Vermont Road about 11am Monday (10 August) after reports a man had threatened staff while in possession of a pocket knife. Nobody was physically injured, and the man reportedly fled the scene on…
Police alarm at behaviour of P-plate drivers
Police have increasing concerns about the driving behaviours of some Provisional licence holders, with several recent high-range speeding offences detected on Tasmanian roads. Inspector Vanessa Castle of Southern Road Policing Services said some of the driving police had witnessed was “terrifying”, which includes a 17-year-old P1 licence holder intercepted for travelling 54km/h above the speed…
High range drink-driving in North West
A 58-year-old woman has been charged with drink-driving and failing to remain at the scene of a crash after an incident at West Ulverstone on Friday night. Police were called to Alice Street, West Ulverstone, about 10pm after a member of the public heard a loud bang outside their residence. The resident observed the female…