A police helicopter is being used to search for a driver in Tasmania’s Derwent Valley after an allegedly stolen car was found abandoned.
Police say the search is focused on the Uxbridge area, a small rural locality west of New Norfolk and north-west of Hobart.
Officers began looking for the vehicle around 11:15am on Monday, when it was believed to be in the Lonnavale area in the Huon Valley.
It was seen heading towards Mount Lloyd at 11:55am, before police found it a short time later at Uxbridge.
Police said the driver was believed to have fled on foot and was being treated as a “person of interest”.
The circumstances around the vehicle’s movements and abandonment are not yet known.
The search was continuing on Monday afternoon.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Tasmania Police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
