Police investigate deliberately lit house fire – West Moonah
Police are investigating a deliberately lit house fire on Springfield Avenue in West Moonah this morning. Around 9am, emergency services were called to reports of smoke coming from the house. Tasmania Fire Service extinguished the fire in the kitchen and living areas. Significant damage was caused to the interior house. No injuries were reported. Anyone…
Police Vehicle Crash Involving Motorcycle
On the night of 29th July 2020, a police vehicle was involved in a low speed crash with a motorcycle in Gagebrook. The crash resulted in minor damage to both vehicles. There were minor injuries to the rider and pillion of the motorcycle. The cause of the crash is being investigated. The rider of the…
Attempted Aggravated Robbery – Launceston CBD
Tasmania Police are currently investigating an attempted aggravated robbery which occurred about 3pm on Wednesday 29 July 2020 whereby a 33-year-old man was approached by two young males whilst at Princes Square in Launceston. The males demanded cash from the victim before assaulting him. The victim managed to flee however was again approached by the…
Devonport man charged with stealing and firearms offences
A 29-year-old Devonport man has been charged with stealing and firearms offences, following a search of a Devonport property last week. Last Thursday police from Devonport CIB and Devonport Uniform attended an address to execute a search warrant. As police arrived the man ran from the address and was quickly apprehended in a neighbouring backyard,…
Provisional driver charged for speeding 39km/h above limit in Invermay
Two provisional drivers will appear before the Court after they were intercepted hooning and speeding in Invermay on Monday night. Investigating several complaints of vehicles hooning in the Lindsay Street area, around 8.50pm police observed two vehicles leaving the Riverbend Car Park reaching excessive speeds prior the Goderich Street intersection. A green Holden Commodore sedan…
Woman charged following $90,000 methylamphetamine seizure
A 52-year-old woman from Dromedary has been charged after police located three ounces of methylamphetamine in a vehicle she was travelling in near Claremont this afternoon. Police intercepted the vehicle about 2:30pm today as it was travelling south on the Brooker Highway. The woman, who was a passenger, was arrested when police located three ounces…
Appeal to public for information – near miss on Bass Highway Latrobe
Police are calling for information in relation to a near miss on the Bass Highway at Latrobe about 12pm today. A white Ford Ranger utility was travelling from Devonport towards Latrobe on the Bass Highway, Latrobe. At this time another vehicle in front of the utility performed a U-turn in the entrance to TasFreight,…
Tasmania’s emergency services need motorists to take road safety seriously
With 14 serious and three fatal crashes occurring in the last two weeks alone, Tasmania Police and other emergency services are calling on motorists to take road safety seriously. “We have had a horror few weeks in terms of fatal and serious injury crashes,” said Assistant Commissioner Jonathan Higgins. “Police and our emergency services counterparts…
Police investigating deliberately lit house fire – George Town
Police are investigating a deliberately lit house fire on Agnes Street in George Town last night. Tasmania Fire Service received numerous calls shortly after 6:30pm and quickly arrived on scene to find the front bedroom of the house well alight. The fire was extinguished quickly but significant fire and smoke damage was caused throughout the…
Two men charged over taking a Little Penguin
Two men will be charged by summons after allegedly taking a live Little Penguin (Eudyptula Minor) from a rookery at the Low Head Light House, Low Head, today. Prior to police arrival members of the public intervened with the men which resulted in them releasing a live penguin from the boot their motor vehicle in…