Robbins Island boating incident update
Investigations into a fatal boating incident off Robbins Island in the state’s north west are ongoing. Police and emergency services were alerted on Sunday (22 March) after a fishing party had not returned. Three people were rescued on Sunday afternoon before a fourth person was sadly found deceased on the eastern side of Robbins Island…
Youths charged over Kingston burglaries
Three youths have been charged with multiple burglary and stealing offences in the Blackmans Bay and Kingston areas, including aggravated burglary and motor vehicle theft. The male youths – aged 14, 15 and 16 – are alleged to have committed the series of offences between 18 March and 25 March, 2026. Charges include: Four counts…
Planned training strengthens preparedness and response
Tasmania Police conducted a high-intensity exercise at Hobart’s Cat and Fiddle Arcade last night, giving frontline retail operators, police and other emergency services a chance to test their response capabilities to an Active Armed Offender event. Acting Assistant Commissioner Stuart Wilkinson said the practical exercise, held after hours to minimise disruption to the public, simulated…
Two men arrested over wounding, firearms incident
Police have charged two men with serious offences, including wounding, assault and possession of stolen firearms, as part of investigations into an incident in which a man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg, among other injuries. The 36-year-old man’s injuries were serious, but not life-threatening, and he has been receiving treatment at Royal Hobart…
Man charged over deliberately lit scrub fires in Ravenswood
Launceston CIB has charged a 20‑year‑old Ravenswood man with three counts of unlawfully setting fire to property following investigations into a series of deliberately lit scrub fires in the area. Police will allege the man deliberately ignited three separate vegetation fires in bushland at Ravenswood between 3 and 14 March 2026. This development follows ongoing…
Police investigate Glenorchy armed robbery
Police are investigating an armed robbery at a Glenorchy business this evening, 23 March 2026. About 8.40pm, a report was made to police that two male youths entered the premises, and one of the youths produced a knife to the staff before leaving the store with a quantity of alcohol. No one was physically injured…
Robbins Island search update
Sadly a body has been located in the search for a man missing off Robbins Island in the state’s north west. Police and emergency services were alerted on Sunday morning after a fishing party had not returned. A 27-year-old woman, a 33-year-old man, and a 6-year-old child who were on the boat at the time…
Police investigating wounding incident at Elizabeth Town
Police are investigating a targeted wounding incident at Elizabeth Town overnight where a man received non-life-threatening injuries. Police and emergency services were called to a commercial business on the Bass Highway about 5.30pm after reports a man had received a non-life-threatening stab wound to his torso during an altercation with a person known to him.…
Police Search for Overdue Vessel in Robbins Island/Stony Point area
A search is underway for an overdue vessel in the north west, near Robbins Island. It’s understood four people left on a fishing trip yesterday, but have not returned to the campground at Montagu. Concerned relatives called Police just after 8am this morning. The vessel left the Montagu boat ramp at 5.30pm yesterday, with the…
Missing Japanese Tourist Located – Cradle Mountain
Tasmania Police advise that an 81-year-old male Japanese Tourist has been located alive and well in the Cradle Mountain area this morning. Members of the public, not involved in the search, located the male on the side of Belvoir Road approximately 1.3 km west of the Cradle Mountain Road intersection around 7:45 am. The male…