Police were pelted with rocks while breaking up a large party involving around 200 youths at Cabarita Beach on the Tweed Coast on Saturday night.
Just before midnight, police from the Tweed/Byron Local Area Command moved in to disperse the unauthorised gathering of around 200 revellers, aged between 14 to 20.
Officers allege that empty alcohol bottles, beer cans and rubbish littered the sand and beach path area.
One young person threw a rock which smashed the windscreen of a police truck.
A group of youths then joined in, throwing rocks at other police vehicles, including a passing patrol car.
Officers remained at the scene as all the revellers moved on.
The incident was one of many across NSW on the weekend targeted by police who arrested hundreds of people on the second night of the Operation Unite blitz on alcohol-related crime and anti-social behaviour.
Operation Commander, Gary Worboys, expressed concern about the high number of ‘Fail to Quit’ and ‘Common Assault’ offences in and around licensed premises overnight.
‘One of the biggest problems we’ve noticed during the operation this year is the refusal by many people to leave pubs and clubs when asked by security,’ Assistant Commissioner Worboys said.
‘Some of these people think they have a right to enter or remain on the premises when they’ve been identified as drinking too much,’ he added.
‘They want to argue, often punches are thrown and then police get involved.
‘Anyone who fails to leave licensed premises when requested is liable for a $550 fine, an assault may well get you a lifelong criminal conviction and possible jail time,’ the Assistant Commissioner said.
Of those arrested overnight, 58 were charged with assault and 87 with ‘Fail to Quit’ offences.
A total of 567 charges were laid on the second night of Unite.
Police conducted 19,999 random breath tests on night two and booked 157 for drink-driving. Sixteen people were charged with driving while disqualified.
In total, 540 people were arrested in NSW during this year’s blitz and 1,062 charges laid.
There were 40,373 random breath tests conducted and 268 people booked for drink-driving.
There were 548 arrests and 966 charges during the same crackdown last year.
Police quickly dealt with a steady stream of fights and assaults overnight, particularly in and around the Sydney CBD.
Among the incidents, a bar manager was struck in the face with a stool, thrown during a brawl involving four men in a hotel at Martin Place.
The incident occurred just before 2am.
The manager was admitted to Sydney Hospital for stitches to his eyebrow.
Sydney City detectives obtained CCTV footage of the incident and later charged a 35-year-old man with affray.
A man was knocked unconscious during a brawl at Darling Harbour
The fight broke out between two men in King Street around 3.45am.
Police were quickly called to the scene and found the man, aged in his early 30s, lying on the ground, bleeding from the mouth.
Investigators from Sydney City Local Area Command are trying to determine whether he was punched and/or stomped on.
He was taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries, which are not considered life-threatening.
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