Media Release
Operation Unite concludes
The weekend blitz on alcohol-fuelled violence and anti-social behavior, Operation Unite has resulted in 760 charges being laid, Deputy Commissioner Stewart announced today.
Deputy Commissioner Stewart said as part of the National Operation over 1655 uniformed and plain-clothed police officers were involved in Operation Unite, proactively flooding ‘hot spots’ across the state.
“Over the two nights Queensland police arrested 287 adults and issued 306 notices to appear for a combined total of 727 charges,” Deputy Commissioner Stewart said.
“Police caught 141 people for drink driving after officers performed over 10,000 random breath tests. There were also 602 traffic infringement notices issued.
“Police attended 1752 licensed establishments and detected 56 licensing breaches and submitted 60 liquor incident reports. Police also issued 155 liquor infringement notices.”
Police also moved 376 people to a place of safety and issued 151 move-on directions.
Deputy Commissioner Stewart said, “the strong enforcement over Friday and Saturday nights shows police are serious in tackling alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour.”
“Violence, drink driving and other life-endangering behaviour will not be tolerated in our entertainment precincts.
“Any number of arrests is disappointing particularly with 141 drink drivers caught on our roads. One drink driver is too many, people should know that if they drink and drive they will get caught.”
“Operation Unite has again sent a strong and clear message – police will not put up with alcohol-related violence, drunken behaviour and other related crime.”
Anyone with information which could assist police with their investigations should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously via 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au 24hrs a day.
Crime Stoppers is a charitable community volunteer organisation working in partnership with the Queensland Police Service.
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