Dubbo’s Apollo Estate was the scene of a disturbance on Sunday that required police to intervene and saturate the area with patrols.
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Two men have been charged with offensive behaviour and police have warned breaches of peace will not be tolerated.
Police were called to the estate about 1.20pm after reports a large brawl was in progress in Aldrin Avenue.
On arrival officers were confronted with up to 40 people who were yelling at each other and posturing close to one another, causing a major obstruction to the roadway and disturbance to the neighbourhood, police report.
A number of scuffles broke out which police had to intervene in to prevent a large scale brawl for occurring.
Eventually all people were moved on with about five carloads of people leaving the area, with others returning to their homes.
Concerned the disturbance may reignite, police reinforcements attended and the area was saturated with police patrols.
It was during one of these patrols two men were arrested for offensive behaviour.
A 25-year-old Dubbo man and a 29-year-old Dubbo man were arrested and charged for offensive behaviour, with both to appear in court in the coming weeks.
"We want to send a clear message - we will not stand back and let people conduct themselves in a disorderly and offensive way on our streets, by yelling profanities and breaching the peace and good order of our community,” Inspector Dan Skelly said.
“People that do will be locked up and put before the court.
“We want to be quite clear - we will protect the good people of this community by stopping those that think it is acceptable to cause fear and incite violence on our streets, no ifs or buts, they will be in the bin."