A Bridgewater man allegedly found with more than 5 dozen cannabis plants and multiple firearms has been charged. The 29-year-old was hit with charges for drug and firearm offences after a search of a northern suburbs property on Monday. Detective Sergeant Boyd from Bellerive CIB said officers located over 70 cannabis plants and five firearms, including three that […]
Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 3:32pmA Hobart man who got caught up in a Police surveillance operation while out buying cocaine to share with his friends three days before Christmas in 2018 will most likely not spend any time in jail. In his passing comments on the sentence, Chief Justice Alan Blow said then 23-year-old Jordyn Jack Webb visited drug dealers from […]
Tue Oct 24, 2023 - 4:00amA Tasmanian man has been charged after he allegedly spent his weekend stealing 26 computers, iPhones, specialist engineering equipment, tools, furniture and a car from a building on Macquarie Street. The 29-year-old is believed to have “unlawfully entered” the Hobart CBD building late on Friday night, where he made off with a ‘substantial amount of […]
Mon Oct 23, 2023 - 9:38amA teenage driver who recklessly fled from police at 75km/h over the speed limit in the early hours of Saturday morning is set to face court. The 17-year-old was allegedly caught speeding at a staggering 185km/h in a 110km/h zone on the Midlands Highway shortly after midnight on Saturday. When officers attempted to pull the […]
Sun Oct 22, 2023 - 9:00amA coroner has determined that the “sole cause” of a motorcycle crash that claimed the life of a Hobart man last year was “his reckless behaviour in travelling at very high speed in a suburban street”. 31-year-old Clarendon Vale man Bradley John Kremmer had “consumed alcohol and methamphetamine” before riding the motorcycle through Warrane in July […]
Fri Oct 20, 2023 - 5:00amA drunk woman, who was almost four and a half times over the legal limit before 9:30am, has been stripped of her licence after crashing into a tree. The 51-year-old Forcett woman lost control of her vehicle, crossed onto the wrong side of the road and smashed into a tree on Primrose Sands Road around […]
Fri Oct 20, 2023 - 3:00amA Midlands man has been busted over the improper storage of his firearms and for failing to comply with the conditions of his firearms licence. During an ‘Operation Saturate’ search of a property in Levendale, which was initiated based on a tip from members of the public, the 49-year-old was found to be committing “several […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 5:30pmA person is believed to have entered a Devonport building overnight and ‘turned on multiple taps’, leading to flooding across “several levels” and affecting multiple businesses. Police say officers are currently investigating the incident, which resulted in ‘significant damage’ to multiple businesses near the intersection of Best and Rooke Streets at around 5am on Thursday. […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 3:00pmTasmanian criminals who “do not comply” with their home detention conditions will soon face stricter penalties with the introduction of a new ‘Breaches of Home Detention Orders’ bill. The amendment has toughened the rules for offenders who have either removed or attempted to tamper with their electronic monitoring devices since the introduction of home detention […]
Thu Oct 19, 2023 - 3:00amAn attempted burglary at New Norfolk home by two men in their 30s and two teenagers has been foiled by police this afternoon. Police say officers received reports of an aggravated burglary in progress at a property on Back River Road shortly before 3pm on Wednesday. Several police units quickly swarmed the area and arrested three […]
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