8 arrested at New Year’s Eve festivities in downtown, on Strip

Las Vegas constabulary said Monday they made 8 arrests connected the Las Vegas Strip and successful downtown Las Vegas during New Year’s Eve festivities.

Police said lone 1 of the arrests was for a felony but they did not merchandise details successful a quality release. Police besides arrested 1 idiosyncratic connected a gross misdemeanor, 3 connected misdemeanor offenses and 3 much connected outstanding warrants.

Police said they made an further 25 driving nether the power arrests passim the Las Vegas Valley arsenic portion of an enforcement effort to forestall drunken driving connected New Year’s Eve into Saturday. Those arrests were made during 262 conveyance stops that led to officers issuing 161 citations. During the postulation enforcement effort, constabulary besides arrested 1 idiosyncratic for possession of drugs and recovered a azygous firearm.

The Nevada Highway Patrol connected Monday was compiling apprehension numbers for their New Year’s Eve enforcement efforts.

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