Police were kept busy by alcohol-fuelled violence, an influx of Rebels, and a large group of Marist students walking along Canberra's main streets during the last night of a major operation against binge drinking and anti-social behaviour on Saturday.
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Police numbers swelled in the city over the weekend as the normal City Beat patrols were complemented by an additional 60 ACT Policing officers for Operation Unite, a campaign against drunken behaviour coordinated across Australia and New Zealand.
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A large group of interstate members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club were present in Civic on Saturday, using Canberra as a stopover before continuing on to Jindabyne as part of an annual ride.
Police had been largely pleased by their behaviour, although members were believed to have been involved in at least one brawl outside a nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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A group of Marist students also drew the attention of police, as they walked from the carpark opposite Mooseheads in Civic back to the college in Pearce.
The walk is a ''a bit of a tradition'', according to Operation Unite commander Superintendent Brett Kidner, but is not condoned by the school.
''They play up a little bit, they've been getting a bit silly,'' he said.
''We've got some people keeping a loose eye on them, we're not trying to quell their fun. We're just giving them a bit of focus without dampening their spirits too much.''
The students had begun the walk an hour late, and by about 5.30am a large group was still walking along the side of Yarra Glen in Hughes, with one young man coming dangerously close to being hit by a car.
The night before, police had been forced to speak with a number of Raiders players about their behaviour.
The players, who remain unidentified, reportedly became agitated when a local television crew began filming them.
''We certainly had a couple [of players] in town,'' Superintendent Kidner said.
''I do know they were in town, I know we spoke to them a little bit earlier.
''We hope they took that advice, because we generally have a reasonable rapport with them.''
There were no arrests or charges laid against any of the players.
Friday night had been quiet until the early hours of Saturday morning when drunken behaviour began to get out of control.
''It fired up about 4.30am, we took a few into custody for intoxication, a couple of mouthy guys,'' Superintendent Kidner said.
''It was business as usual really, you have a number of people around that are intoxicated that are all in each others space ... they take offence a lot earlier and a lot more easily, and it results in a bit of fisticuffs.''
Nine people were arrested or reported for alcohol-related offences and two for assault.
Four drink drivers were caught over the weekend, with traffic police and new police recruits helping to conduct a total of 584 random breath tests.