Two charged after $65,000 worth of property stolen Circular Head dairies
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RURAL BURGLARIES - Friday, July 16
TWO people have been charged following a spate of burglaries in Tasmania’s far north-west, and police say more are expected to be caught up in the investigation.
Smithton police said between June 19 and July 6, officers had attended several reports of burglaries and thefts in the Circular Head region.
About $65,000 worth of property has been stolen, including four all-terrain vehicles allegedly taken from dairy farms.
A Smithton man, 25, and woman, 39, have been charged with four counts of burglary, five counts of stealing, destroying property, and trespass.
They have been bailed to appear in court in Burnie.
Police said further charges were pending, with investigations continuing into several people, including a number of youth.
Two of the all-terrain vehicles, a trailer, chainsaw and a quantity of power tools have been recovered, with one of the ATVs found in the Hobart area.
Police are still looking for the other two ATVs and ultra high frequency radios.
Anyone with information should phone police on 131 444.
ST MARYS CRASH – Thursday, July 15
A woman is in a serious condition after her car plunged 100 metres down a cliff on one of the state’s most treacherous roads.
Police and emergency services were called to rescue a 63-year-old woman from her crashed car which had gone off cliff near St Marys on Wednesday night.
The woman’s family contacted police around 5.30pm after she failed to arrive at Bicheno as planned.
It is understood she was travelling in her 2002 White Toyota Land cruiser on Elephant Pass Road when the accident occurred.
Emergency services located the woman’s car around 100m down a “heavily wooded” cliff face, on a sweeping bend of road.
“Police, with the assistance of other emergency services personnel, SES volunteers and vertical rescue personnel from the Blackwood Mine, descended the steep cliff face to the location of the crashed vehicle,” Tasmania Police inspector Michael Johnston said.
“When rescuers reached the woman, she had self-exited the vehicle which was significantly damaged.
“She was safely stretchered up the cliff with a rope and pulley system.”
The woman suffered what are believed to be serious, but not-life-threatening, head and spinal injuries.
Police said initial investigations indicate the woman had failed to negotiate a bend when her vehicle collided with the wire rope safety barrier before it rolled down the very steep cliff face.
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