Operation Crossroads – Update 2 January 2016
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date (accumulative): State wide traffic enforcement activities 2015 2014 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 24,905 14,465 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 86 84 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 59 42 Total Infringement notices issued to date 1,647…
Road Safety Operation – Bream Creek – 1 January 2016
Members of Southern District, Road and Public Order Services commenced random alcohol and drug testing at Bream Creek, at 6.00 am on New Year’s Day. The high visibility operation which is conducted annually at Bream Creek is specifically designed to deter motorists from driving after consuming intoxicating liquor and or drugs. Shortly after commencing the…
Arrest and charges relating to Christmas Morning assault
A 21 year old man has been arrested, charged and detained for court in relation to a serious assault that occurred in Elizabeth Street, North Hobart outside the Republic Bar at 2.35 am on Christmas Day. The victim is still in a critical condition in the Royal Hobart Hospital in a medically induced coma. Inquiries…
Crash – Bass Highway, Heybridge
At about 12.30 1st January 2016 Police attended the scene of a crash on the Bass Highway, Heybridge. A silver Subaru Station Wagon travelling in a westerly direction appears to have lost control and impacted with the cable safety barrier, travelling for some 150m along the barrier before coming to rest entangled it the cabling.…
Seymour Firearm incident – Charges
Firearm Incident – 31 December 2015 – Champ St, Seymour At 7pm on New Years Eve a family dispute took place on private property at Champ Street, Seymour. As a result of a triple zero phone call police attended the incident address and arrested a man leaving the area. A subsequent investigation by local uniform…
Operation Crossroads – Update 1 January 2016
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date (accumulative): State wide traffic enforcement activities 2015 2014 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 17,756 14,465 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 74 68 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 37 36 Total Infringement notices issued to date 1,473…
Queenstown Vegetation fires – charges laid
Vegetation Fires at Queenstown Approximately 2:00am on 1 January 2016, Tasmania Police attended two vegetation fires at the eastern end of Crotty Street, Queenstown. The fires were being extinguished by Tasmania Fire Service (TFS) personnel. As a result of information received from members of the public, police conducted investigations and arrested a 24 year old…
Shooting Incident at Seymour
At 7.00pm Thursday, 31st December 2015 police were called to a report of shots being fired in Champ Street, Seymour. A further report was received that the offender had moved into another house and was shooting at people from nearby. Police attended and a short time later where a 44 year old man from…
House fire at Village Drive, Kingston
Kingston CIB detectives are investigating a suspicious fire at a retirement village at Kingston in the state’s south overnight. An elderly couple were lucky to escape uninjured from their home in Village Drive. The fire was discovered by members of the public who raised the alarm. Two male youths were seen in the area.…
Drug Seizure at Falls Festival
Two women from Warrane have been charged with Trafficking and a further woman and man have been charged with possession, following suspicious activity at the Falls Festival yesterday. On Wednesday 30 December 2015 at approximately 3.00pm, police on site at Falls Festival were made aware of people acting suspiciously in the vicinity of the security…