Media Releases
Learner driver charged with multiple traffic offences
About 8.15 pm yesterday a 35-year-old Bridgewater man was charged with multiple traffic offences after he was found travelling at 133 kmh in a 100 kmh zone on the Brooker Highway at Claremont. Inspector Jim Semmens said the suspended learner driver, who was unaccompanied by a licenced driver, also returned a breath alcohol reading of…
Significant Drug Seizure- Hobart Airport
On Monday the 27th of March 2023, Tasmania Police and Australian Federal Police were conducting drug screening of arriving passengers at Hobart International Airport. At approx. 8pm a 32-year-old Claremont man, who had recently arrived on a flight from Sydney, was indicated by a drug detector dog to be in possession of a controlled drug.…
Train collides with empty vehicle at Railton
Police are calling on road users to be rail safe, after a crash involving a car and a train at Railton in the early hours of this morning. Police and emergency services were notified about 3:20am, when a train collided with an empty vehicle on the track at Youngmans Road. The incident did not involve…
Fisheries offender detected on the West Coast near Strahan
Marine police conducted a surveillance operation targeting crayfish offenders at Macquarie Heads near Strahan over the weekend. “A 36-year-old man from Queenstown was intercepted on Sunday and found to be in possession of four undersized rock lobster, and he had also failed to clip the tails of the recreationally-caught crayfish,” said Constable Wayne Bradford, The…
Vehicle intercepted at Spirit of Tasmania terminal with significant amount of cannabis concealed
Police intercepted a vehicle at the Spirit of Tasmania terminal in East Devonport yesterday with a trafficable amount of cannabis concealed. Police intercepted the silver Toyota utility as it arrived at the TT-Line terminal in East Devonport around 10.30pm. The vehicle was attempting to board the Spirit of Tasmania which was scheduled to depart last…
Road Rage Incident – East Derwent Highway, Gagebrook – 6:50pm Saturday 25 March 2023
At approximately 6:50pm on Saturday 25 March 2023, police received reports of a road rage incident that occurred between a 1998 White Holden Rodeo ute and a Black Mitsubishi Lancer on the East Derwent Highway between the Jordan River Bridge and the Gagebrook Roundabout. The White Rodeo ute sustained a broken driver’s door window and…
Man extradited to Tasmania to face child sexual abuse charge
Police are today extraditing a man from Queensland to Tasmania over a child sexual abuse charge. Detectives from Northern Criminal Investigation Branch’s Victims Unit have travelled to Townsville and are extraditing the 38-year-old man back to Tasmania. The man is remanded in custody to appear before the Launceston Magistrates Court on 27 March 2023 on…
Vehicle clamped following excessive speeding in Granton
A southern Tasmanian man has had his vehicle clamped for a period of 28 days by members of Road Policing Services after a mobile speed camera detected his vehicle exceeding the speed limit by more than 47km/h on 18 March 2023. Acting Sergeant Shane Etherington of Road Police Services said the car was detected travelling…
Police investigating South Arm Highway crash involving pedestrian
Police are investigating the circumstances of a crash on the South Arm Highway this morning where a pedestrian sustained serious injuries. Around 6.05am emergency services responded to a report of a male pedestrian struck by a vehicle on the South Arm Highway, at the intersection of Oceana Drive. The pedestrian, aged in his 40s, was…
Arrests – McDonalds Ulverstone assault
Police have charged a 19 year old man and four teenagers over the assault of a man and a teenager on Sunday 12 March outside McDonalds in Ulverstone. Sergeant Alex Bonde said eight people involved in the incident have been identified and investigations are ongoing. “Video footage of the assault was circulated on both social…