Operation Crossroads – 27 December Update
Operation Crossroads – Statewide enforcement activities to date (accumulative): State wide traffic enforcement activities 2015 2014 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 7930 8198 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 40 22 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 14 24 Total Infringement notices issued to date 529 724…
Operation Crossroads – update regarding vehicle detected with 5 unrestrained children
Operation Crossroads – update regarding vehicle detected with 5 unrestrained children: In relation to the vehicle detected last night with the five unrestrained children, the vehicle involved was stopped at a static random breath/drug testing site in Thorn Street, Burnie. The vehicle was driven by a woman. There was also an adult male front seat…
Operation Crossroads Update 26 December 2015
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date: State wide traffic enforcement activities 2015 2014 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 6195 5058 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 32 13 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 11 19 Total Infringement notices issued to date 443 485…
Assault outside Republic Bar in the early hours of Christmas morning
Police are calling for witnesses to an incident in which a man appears to have been assaulted in the vicinity of the Republic Bar on Elizabeth Street at around 2.30am on Friday25 December 2015. Anyone with information is asked to contact Hobart CIB on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 quoting reference OR527637.…
Operation Crossroads – Christmas Day Update
Operation Crossroads – State wide enforcement activities to date: State wide traffic enforcement activities 2015 2014 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 4515 3911 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 26 10 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 7 17 Total Infringement notices issued to date 346 442…
Medivac from New Pelion Hut
At approximately 10:00pm on Thursday 24th December 2015 police were alerted to the activation of an emergency beacon at New Pelion hut on the Overland Track near Mt Ossa. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the area, and landed at the hut around midnight. Rescue crews found that the beacon had been activated by…
Name Released following fatal collision
Tasmania Police have released the name of the male driver who was killed in a two vehicle collision yesterday evening on the Murchison Highway at Somerset. He was Matthew John Martin, 34 years of Mt Hicks Road, Yolla. Mr Martin was killed when he lost control of his vehicle on a right hand curve on…
Aggravated Assault & Wounding – Riseley St Kings Meadows
At approximately 7:45pm on Wednesday 23 December 2015 an altercation occurred at a residence in Riseley St Kings Meadows. During the incident a 31year old Launceston man was assaulted and threatened with a firearm. Police attended several related crime scenes and conducted forensic examinations in regards to the incident. The victim was…
Wounding – Invermay Rd Inveresk
At approximately 9:30pm on Wednesday 23 December 2015, a 17year old youth was attacked by two other teenagers on the footpath near the Tramshed Complex on Invermay Rd, Inveresk. The victim was stabbed and received other minor injuries during the incident. The victim was examined by paramedics and transported to the Launceston General…
Operation Crossroads – State wide
State wide traffic enforcement activities Random drug & alcohol tests to date 1880 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 13 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 3 Total Infringement notices issued to date 127 Infringement notices issued for speeding offences 82 Infringement notices issued for inattentive driving 11 Infringement…