THE first night of the nation-wide crackdown on drunken violence netted 140 arrests including 28 for drink driving in police blitzes across the state.
Police flooded streets, trains and clubs in Melbourne's CBD over the past two nights as part of the third staging of Operation Unite.
Regional centres including Latrobe, Ballarat and Geelong were also targeted.
The last operation in September saw 132 arrested and 43 liquor license breaches.
Last year's pre-Christmas crackdown resulted in almost 400 people arrested for drunkenness and 83 venues flouting liquor licensing laws.
In Melbourne, 65 people were arrested for drunkenness and eight for assault on Friday night.
Of the 185 pubs and clubs visited, 22 were slapped with liquor licensing offences.
Geelong boasted the highest number of drink drivers, with nine blowing over the limit, while 12 people were arrested for drunkenness and three for assault.
Twenty arrests for drunkenness were made in Ballarat, where four liquor licensing breaches were picked up and five drink drivers nabbed.
The operation, which continued last night and centred on King St nightclubs, has drawn on officers from the water branch, transit safety, highway patrol, the mounted branch and other specialist units.
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