Police investigating deliberately lit unit fire at Weedon Avenue, South Launceston
Police are investigating a deliberately lit unit fire on Weedon Avenue in South Launceston around 5.30pm last night. The fire was extinguished prior to any structural damage occurred to the unit. Fire and smoke damage inside the unit was mainly limited to the lounge and kitchen. Fire Service Investigators have determined the fire was deliberately…
Sixth outlaw motorcycle gang to be banned from wearing colours in public
Tasmania Police is now enforcing the laws banning the wearing of insignia of six outlaw motorcycle gangs. From today, the Nomads outlaw motorcycle gang is identified as a prescribed organisation under legislation – joining the Bandidos, Outlaws, Devils Henchman, Black Uhlans and Rebels outlaw motorcycle gangs in being banned from wearing their colours in public.…
Police called to assist people caught in rising tide near Clifton Beach
Tasmania Police responded to a call for assistance shortly before 8:30pm last night, after two adults and a child were caught in rising tide waters near Clifton Beach. The trio had been fishing in the shallow waters of Pipe Clay Lagoon since the early evening and became disoriented as they attempted to make their way…
Two men charged over Burnie burglaries
Two men from Upper Burnie have been charged with multiple burglary, stealing and fraud offences following two separate incidents at a Burnie education facility. Various items of property including musical instruments, computers, cash, a credit card and students’ personal belongings were stolen from the Mirabeena Multicap building in late April 2020. The stolen credit card…
Two people charged over 2009 murder of Shane Barker
Following an extensive investigation spanning more than a decade, Tasmania Police has today arrested and charged two people with the 2009 murder of 36 year old Campbell Town man Shane Geoffrey Barker. Mr Barker was last seen in Campbell Town in the state’s northern midlands in the early evening of 2 August 2009. His body…
Police investigating motorcycle crash on Crown Land near Mayfield
Police are investigating a motorcycle crash near Mayfield yesterday afternoon where a Mowbray man was seriously injured. Around 4.30pm a male motorbike rider crashed his motorbike on a Crown Land trail around 400metres off-road from Hargrave Crescent near Mayfield. The 35-year-old man was riding an unregistered Thumpster trail bike in a southerly direction on the…
19 people summonsed after police operation targeting $1 million firewood theft
Nineteen people will be summonsed to appear in court following a major joint operation between Tasmania Police and Parks and Wildlife Services targeting the theft of around $1 million worth of firewood in Southern Tasmania. The long-running operation was launched after Parks and Wildlife Services received information that there was large scale wood theft…
Two motorbike riders charged in Launceston for multiple offences
Police have charged two motorbike riders in Launceston after they were detected speeding on unregistered motorbikes under the influence of drugs. Around 5.15pm on Tuesday members of Northern Road & Public Order Services detected two motorbikes travelling together in excess of 160Kph, east-bound on the Bass Highway between Westbury and Launceston. A short time later…
Fatal Pedestrian Crash – Montrose Road, Montrose – 06/05/2020
A 62-year-old female Chinese National has died after being struck by a vehicle on Montrose Road, Montrose at approximately 4.45pm. The female was walking in an easterly direction on the side of Montrose Road with her husband when she was struck by an eastbound Silver Holden Vectra hatch. The crash has occurred after the driver,…
Police investigating suspicious house fire in Clarendon Vale
Police are investigating a suspicious fire in Clarendon Vale last night which destroyed a house. Around 8pm Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania Police attended a fire at an unoccupied residence on Carslake Street. The residence was destroyed with damage estimated to be in excess of $250,000. The Tasmania Fire Service Fire Scene Examiner and Tasmania…