Two men have been charged with numerous offences following a protracted incident yesterday. Both men had been actively avoiding police and were arrested following the incident where they utilised two vehicles in an attempt to evade police. Today, they have been charged with a total of 60 offences.

A 22 year old man with no fixed address has been charged with 35 separate charges including:

1x Dangerous Driving

2x Evade Police (aggravated circumstances)

1x Aggravated assault

1x Attempted Carjacking

4x Drive whilst not the holder of a driver’s licence

1x Computer related Fraud

7x Motor Vehicle stealing

1x Possess a controlled drug

1x Unlawful possession of property

1x Breach of interim Family Violence Order

9x Breaches of bail

2x Burglary

1x Stealing

1x Attempted stealing

1x Destroy property

1x Dangerous article in public place

2x FTA Warrant

1x Warrant First instance

A 19 year old man from Herdsman Cove has been charged with 25 charges including:

1x Motor vehicle stealing

17x Breach of family violence order

1x Possess a firearm to which a firearms licence may not be issued.

1x Possess ammunition when not the holder of the appropriate firearm licence.

1x Breach of restraint order

1x Breach of bail conditions

1x Unlawfully possess dangerous article in a public place.

1x Possess a controlled drug

1x Dangerous article in public place

Tasmania Police would like to thank the members of the public who have provided information to support the investigation.