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…
Man charged with arson over Ravenswood house fire
Police have arrested and charged a 40-year-old man with arson following a fire at a house in Iona Court, Ravenswood, on Friday morning. The charge stems from a fire about 6.15am on Friday, with Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania Police attending the emergency call. A smouldering fire at the rear of the house was extinguished…
Police investigating serious motorbike crash at Herdsmans Cove
Police are investigating a motorbike crash in Herdsmans Cove last night where two people sustained serious injuries. About 11pm, two trail bikes were travelling in opposite directions on a walkway near Zena Drive. The area is poorly lit, the bikes did not have headlights, and one of the riders was not wearing a helmet. The…
Woman on assault police charge, dangerous dog seized
A 57-year-old woman has been charged with assaulting police, and a dangerous dog seized, after an incident in East Devonport on Wednesday. The North-West woman was remanded in custody overnight and is scheduled to appear in the Devonport Magistrates Court today. She is facing charges of assaulting police, abusing and threatening police, and being the…
Police urge motorists to slow down in school zones
Police are urging motorists to slow down in school zones after six drivers were detected speeding in school areas in North-West Tasmania in one week. Acting Inspector Martin Parker of Western Road Policing Services said, “during the first week of school term three – between 21 and 25 July 2025 – Western Road Policing Services…
Man extradited to Tasmania charged with sex offences
Officers from Tasmania Police’s Family and Sex Crime Division (Western) have today extradited a 20-year-old man from Victoria for offences allegedly committed in Tasmania in 2022. The man was arrested on Monday by Victoria Police on a warrant of arrest for two counts of rape and one count of indecent assault. He was remanded in…
Fatal crash, Forth
At approximately 12.40pm today, emergency services responded to reports of a crash on Wilmot Road where a tree had fallen onto a 4WD utility as it was travelling on the roadway. Sadly, the driver of the vehicle, a man in his 50s died at the scene. The passenger in the vehicle, a woman in her…