Police investigating deliberately lit fire which destroyed house at Clarendon Vale
Police are investigating a deliberately lit fire which destroyed a vacant house at Clarendon Vale overnight. “About 3.30am, emergency services responded to reports of a house on fire on Launde Avenue,” said Detective Inspector David Gill. “Tasmania Fire Service extinguished the fire, and Fire Investigators have determined the fire was deliberately lit.” “If anyone has…
Extensive search in Bass Strait for missing plane
Tasmania Police Northern Division Commander Marco Ghedini and Tasmania Police Inspector Nick Clark have today provided an update into the search for a light plane, and its two occupants, which was reported missing on Saturday. A man aged in his 70s and woman aged in her 60s, both from northern Tasmania, were on board the…
Search continues for missing light plane
Search efforts for a missing light plane, with two people and a dog on board, resumed today (August 4) from 8am. Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s Essendon-based Challenger aircraft, a Tasmania Police helicopter and two other fixed wing aircraft will be focusing on searching an area in Bass Strait and northern Tasmania. Five boats are also…
National Missing Persons Week 2025
As part of National Missing Persons Week, Tasmania Police is highlighting seven long-term missing persons, with the aim of seeking public information and raising awareness of the impact on families and friends when someone goes missing. “This year National Missing Persons Week has the theme ‘Forever Loved’ and a focus on the impact of loved…
UPDATE 2: Search in Bass Strait for missing plane
Search efforts continue in northern Tasmania, Bass Strait and regional Victoria to locate a light aircraft which has been reported missing. The plane, with two people on board, failed to arrive as expected to Hillston Airport in NSW after taking off from George Town airport early Saturday afternoon. Tasmania Police Inspector Nick Clark provided an…
UPDATE: Search for missing light plane
The search continues for a light plane, with two people on board, reported missing after taking off from George Town airport on Saturday afternoon. The two people, from northern Tasmania, were travelling to Central Western NSW. Family members raised the alarm last night after they failed to arrive as expected to Hillston Airport in NSW.…
Search in Bass Strait for missing light plane
Tasmania Police is providing support to a search in Bass Strait after a light plane, which took off from George Town on Saturday afternoon with two people on board, failed to arrive at its destination in Central Western NSW. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority is co-ordinating the land and sea search for the aircraft, with…
Police seek witnesses to Huonville crash
Police are investigating a single-vehicle crash involving a white Ford Falcon utility near Huonville on Friday afternoon, which resulted in a young man being hospitalised. Police and emergency services were called to the crash at the intersection of Huon Highway and Huon Link Road, about 3.55pm on Friday. Preliminary investigations indicate the driver lost control…
Shots fired at Gagebrook house
Police are calling for information on an incident at Gagebrook overnight in which shots were fired at a house in Briar Crescent. Initial investigations show a shotgun-style firearm was used to fire two shots at the residence about 2.10am on Saturday, with the shots causing damage to roof guttering and a window. No one was…
Man charged with assault on police
A 32-year-old man will appear in out-of-session court in Launceston today (August 2) charged with multiple offences, including two separate charges of assaulting a police officer. Tasmania Police allege the man punched and bit two officers as he resisted arrest during an incident at a residential property in Kings Meadows on Friday night. The man…