NSW:Target on alcohol results in 1,364 arrests

AAP General News (Australia)
12-18-2010
NSW:Target on alcohol results in 1,364 arrests

More than 13 hundred arrests for alcohol related offences were made across the country
last night.

Police began Operation Unite .. a joint initiative with New Zealand targeting trouble
makers and antisocial behaviour aimed at reducing alcohol fuelled violence.

One of the most alarming arrests was that of a taxi-driver caught drinking-driving
in New South Wales.

The 44 year-old driver had four passengers in his car when he was stopped by police
for a random breath test.

Operation Unite spokesperson Commissioner ANDREW SCIPIONE says recent research shows
someone dies each day in Australia as a result of someone else's drinking .. and that
alcohol is linked to almost 45 thousand assaults.

He says the operation isn't about restricting the public from going out and having
a good time .. but about promoting a message that everyone has to consider their behaviour
and the impact it may have long after the night is over.

The operation ends tomorrow.

AAP RTV dmg/sw

KEYWORD: UNITE (SYDNEY)

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