Media Releases
16 Year Old Male Charged With Aggravated Armed Robbery
Police have arrested a 16 year old male from Mayfield resulting from an armed robbery overnight on the 15th February 2019 that occurred in Charles Street, Launceston. The male was arrested without incident and will appear at an out of hour court in Launceston. Police would like to thank members of the public with their…
Serious Motor Vehicle Crash, Port Sorell Road Wesley Vale
At approximately 3am today a white Toyota Camry sedan travelling towards Devonport on Port Sorell Road Wesley Vale, approximately 400 metres north of the Wesley Vale Shop, has failed to negotiate a turn and collided with a tree on the side of the road. Police, Ambulance Tasmania and Tasmania Fire Service responded to the crash…
Aggravated armed robbery in Launceston
Police are investigating an aggravated armed robbery that occurred in the early hours of this morning near 235 Charles St, Launceston. Two men, one in possession of a knife, demanded a 29-year-old man hand over a pushbike, wallet and phone. The male victim was not injured during the incident, which happened between 2.40am and 3.20am.…
Remains found in Wellington Park
Tasmania Police yesterday located human remains near Mt Charles in Wellington Park. Acting on the advice of a group of bushwalkers who discovered bones and camping gear during an expedition on Monday, police officers from Search and Rescue, Glenorchy CIB and Marine Services used four-wheel-drive vehicles to access the site and conduct an examination of…
Man rescued from Tasman Peninsula
Police and paramedics last night rescued an injured man from Cape Hauy, in the vicinity of the Totem Pole on the Tasman Peninsula. Around 8pm police from Marine and Rescue Services and Paramedics from Ambulance Tasmania responded to a report of a 26-year-old climber who had injured himself whilst traversing from the Totem Pole back to Cape Hauy.…
Fatal crash on Illawarra Road at Longford
Sadly police can confirm a 27-year-old woman died in a two car crash in Longford this morning. Approximately 5am police were called to the scene of a head on collision on Illawarra Road, approximately 1km West of the Wellington Street intersection. Located at the scene was a red Kia Carnival van and a white Fuso…
Reopening of Highland Lakes Rd
Tasmania Police has reopened Highland Lakes Rd on the Central Plateau now that it has been declared safe following closure due to bushfires. Highland Lakes Rd is the key north-south link through the Central Plateau and was in the path of the Great Pine Tier fire. While the road is now open, there may be…
Serious crash involving truck and pedestrian in Burnie
A 56-year-old woman was flown to the Royal Hobart Hospital in a serious but stable condition after a crash in Burnie just after 9am this morning. The woman was walking in an easterly direction across the junction of Cattley and Wilson streets when she was struck by a truck turning right into Wilson St from…
Huon Highway reopened
Tasmania Police has reopened the Huon Highway to all travellers after it was closed due to the threat posed by bushfires. The road had been open to residents and service vehicles south of Huonville but restrictions have been lifted today, along with those on Glen Huon Rd, after they were declared safe. Police have been…
Traffic Crash Bass Highway Burnie Involving Ambulance
Ambulance Tasmania were en-route to a medical emergency under lights and sirens around 4.10pm yesterday when they were involved in a traffic crash on the Bass Highway in Burnie at the Wilson Street intersection. A white Holden utility travelling south on Wilson Street had entered the intersection on a green light but failed to give…