Media Releases for all 2019
Major police operation targets drug and firearm trafficking
Several people have been arrested following a major police operation in Southern Tasmania this morning targeting drug and firearm trafficking. This morning, Wednesday 12 June 2019, members of Southern Drug Investigation Services, supported by general and specialist police, simultaneously executed a number of search warrants at addresses in Southern Tasmania. One of those premises…
Person dies following house fire at Latrobe overnight
Police can confirm that a person has died following a fire at a unit in Gilbert St, Latrobe. The fire was reported at 9.40pm last night and TFS units from Latrobe and Devonport arrived to find the unit completely engulfed by flames. The fire was extinguished and the deceased person was located inside the unit.…
Police seek relatives as part of review of 1969 disappearance of John Boyle
Tasmania Police is reviewing the disappearance of John Boyle who was last seen in Tasmania’s Southwest National Park in 1969. In October 1969 Mr Boyle, who some months earlier moved from Sydney to Hobart, was part of a group exploring Mt Anne. During the exploration, Mr Boyle became separated from the other group and sadly,…
Police investigate motor vehicles damaged in Kingston and Blackmans Bay area
Police are investigating a large number of motor vehicles in the Blackmans Bay and Kingston area damaged overnight Saturday-Sunday. Sometime between 8pm Saturday night and 10am Sunday morning, 22 vehicles between Waratah Street in Kingston and Pearsall Avenue in Blackmans Bay had their tyres damaged/punctured. The total damage is estimated to be between $8,000 and…
Fatal Crash – Spreyton
Sadly a male motorcycle rider has died as a result of a two vehicle crash at Spreyton this morning. At 6.50am, police attended a two vehicle crash between a Kawasaki Motorcycle and a Mitsubishi Utility on Kelcey Tier Road. Sadly the 24-year-old Spreyton man who was riding the motorcycle was found deceased at the scene.…
Students Against Racism – One Day Program – Tasmania Police Academy
Students from ‘Students Against Racism’ who have an interest in becoming a police officer will spend today seeing what it might be like to train as a police recruit. The students participating came to Australia as refugees and migrants from a diversity of countries and personal circumstances. “Based at the Tasmania Police Academy, today’s activities…
Queen’s Birthday Honours – Assistant Commissioner Jonathan Higgins
Assistant Commissioner Jonathan Higgins has been awarded the Australian Police Medal in today’s Queen’s Birthday Honours Awards. Jonathan Higgins was appointed to Tasmania Police on 4 October 1999 and has progressed through the ranks, appointed to Sergeant in 2006, Senior Sergeant in 2009, Inspector in 2015, Commander in 2017 with secondary roles in counter-terrorism, and…
Trail Bike Crash – North Scottsdale
At approximately 11:30am on Sunday 9 June 2019 a 14 year old male was riding trail bikes with a friend when he crashed his trail bike into a barbed wire cattle fence on Old Waterhouse Road, North Scottsdale. Tasmania Police, SES, Tas Fire and Ambulance Tasmania attended the scene. The male was airlifted by the…
Significant seizure of methylamphetamine as Tasmania Police continues to tighten sea, air and mail corridor controls
Police this morning arrested and charged a man with concealing around a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of methylamphetamine (ICE) in his clothing on board the Spirit of Tasmania. At 6.30am the Tasmanian Police Drug Detection Dogs were conducting random passenger screening at the Spirit of Tasmania dock in Devonport. As a result, a 46-year-old male passenger…
Fatal crash on Preolenna Road, Moorleah
Police are investigating a single vehicle crash in Moorleah last night which sadly resulted in the death of a 62-year-old man. Shortly before midnight Emergency Services attended a single vehicle crash on Preolenna Road, around 1 kilometre south of the Pages Road intersection. Initial investigations indicate the Grey Toyota Hilux travelled onto the incorrect side…