PORTLAND, Ore. — Illegal street takeovers stretched across Portland late Saturday night into Sunday morning, despite a 10-hour enforcement mission that police thought had curbed the activity earlier in the evening.

The Portland Police Bureau said officers patrolled for hours Saturday, issuing 29 traffic stops, towing six vehicles and making two arrests. By midnight, commanders ended the mission, believing the gatherings had dispersed.

"Later on in the evening after we thought we had stymied folks that wanted to participate in street racing, they ended up popping up throughout the city," Captain Chris Burley said.

Within an hour, about 100 cars had blocked North Fessenden Street in St. Johns, drawing hundreds of spectators. At the time, every North Precinct officer was tied up on a se

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