Police arrested 171 people in Victoria over the weekend as part of Operation Unite, an Australian and New Zealand wide police blitz on drunken violence.

 

More than 1200 police saturated Melbourne CBD, Southbank, Prahran, Frankston, Dandenong and Traralgon, with police patrolling in and around licensed venues, entertainment precincts and public transport hubs.

 

As part of the blitz, police conducted checks on more than 630 licensed premises and detected 26 licensing breaches.

As part of the Operation Unite in Victoria, police:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	58	50	108
Assault arrests	18	15	33
Liquor license offences	6	20	26
Licensed premises visits	337	296	633
Drink drivers	13	9	22

Operation Unite in Melbourne CBD and Southbank:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	33	22	55
Assault arrests	11	11	22
Liquor license offences	4	2	6
Licensed premises visits	175	121	296
Drink drivers	5	1	6

Operation Unite in St Kilda and Prahran:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	3	4	7
Assault arrests	3	1	4
Liquor license offences	0	5	5
Licensed premises visits	40	45	85
Drink drivers	2	2	4

Operation Unite in Frankston:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	1	4	5
Assault arrests	1	0	1
Liquor license offences	0	2	2
Licensed premises visits	30	28	58
Drink drivers	0	2	2

Operation Unite in Dandenong:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	2	12	14
Assault arrests	1	1	2
Liquor license offences	2	10	12
Licensed premises visits	35	37	72
Drink drivers	4	2	6

Operation Unite in Traralgon:

	FRIDAY	SATURDAY	TOTAL
Drunk arrests	15	5	20
Assault arrests	1	1	2
Liquor license offences	0	1	1
Licensed premises visits	40	34	74
Drink drivers	0	0	0

 

Operation Unite involved members from the Safe Streets Taskforce, Operations Response Unit, Transit Safety Division, the Mounted Branch, State Highway Patrol, Taskforce Razon, Water Police and PSOs.

This was the sixth Operation Unite.