NSW: More than 1200 people charged as part of police operation

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2008
NSW: More than 1200 people charged as part of police operation

SYDNEY, Dec 9 AAP - More than 1200 people have been charged as part of a high-visibility
policing operation on Sydney's public transport network.

NSW Assistant Commissioner Frank Mennilli said more than 115,000 trains, ferries, buses
and railway stations had been patrolled since September 7 as part of Operation Vision
IV.

The main focus of the operation was to reduce the number of assaults, robbery, alcohol-related
crime, anti-social behaviour and vandalism on trains by targeting known trouble-spots,
he said.

Police arrested 16 people for drug offences at Olympic Park on December 6 and thirteen
people were arrested for drug offences and arson between November 14 and 15.

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