Serious Traffic Offences
At 4.40pm on Sunday 18 October 2020 Southern Road and Public Order Police identified a black Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle overtaking dangerously at a corner on double white lines on Tea Tree Road into Brighton. The motor cycle was detected travelling at 120kph in the 60kph zone. The motor cycle was followed to an address…
Drug, firearm detections after Midlands traffic operation
Tasmania Police last night conducted a large traffic operation at Melton Mowbray in the state’s southern midlands with the assistance of other government enforcement agencies. Members of Tasmania Police Road Safety Task Force, Bridgewater Uniform Division personnel, together with Transport Safety Inspectors, Parks and Wildlife Service rangers and compliance officers and Tasmania Police Dog…
Police charge man with Firearms Trafficking
A 38yr old man from Stonehenge has been charged with a number of offences, including the crime of Trafficking in Firearms following an investigation by Tasmania Police. Police attended a remote rural property on Wednesday this week where they recovered 18 firearms along with various types of ammunition. The firearms recovered included one each…
Police investigating serious crash at Emu Heights
Burnie Police are investigating a serious two vehicle crash involving a utility and a laden log truck around 9.30am today on Old Surrey Road at Emu Heights. Initial investigations indicate that the utility has failed to give way to the truck, which has collided with the front driver’s side of the utility. The male driver…
Fatal Two Vehicle crash – Risdon Road, New Town
A 59-year-old male from North Hobart has died following a two-vehicle crash which occurred on Risdon Road, New Town at approximately 500 metres west of the Brooker Highway. The crash occurred at approximately 4.15pm when the driver of a 2014 white Toyota Hiace Van collided with the rear of 2012 white Toyota Camry taxi.…
Man charged with murder of Mornington man
Police today have charged a 31-year old man with one count of Murder in relation to the death of a 34- year old man in Carbeen Street, Mornington in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man will appear in after-hours court later today where police will allege the cause of death was a fatal…
Burnie woman charged for driving while four times over the alcohol limit
Police yesterday charged a 37-year-old Burnie woman with drink driving offences after she was detected with a breath alcohol reading over four times the legal limit. The woman was detected driving on Mount Street around 2:30am yesterday and returned a breath analysis reading of 0.227. She was disqualified for a period of 24 months and…
Deceased Male – Mornington
Tasmania Police are currently attending to a deceased male at Carbeen Street, Mornington. The male was located deceased by police approximately 2.50am on Monday 12 October 2020 and investigations are continuing into the circumstances of the incident. Carbeen Street in Mornington will be closed for a number for hours whilst this is undertaken, and people…
West Coast Cave Rescue Underway
An effort to rescue an injured man from a remote cave on Tasmania’s West Coast has been underway since late yesterday. The 62-year-old Ulverstone man was caving near Mount Cripps with friends, two of whom hiked to an area of phone service to raise the alarm after the man fell and injured himself resulting in…
Man injured in mountain bike crash, Derby
At around Saturday 10th October 2020, a 37-year-old male was airlifted from the state’s North East following a mountain bike crash. The man was riding with friends on the ‘Krushka trail at Derby when he has fallen from his bike, striking his head. Paramedics were winched into the location by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter to…