Festive-season enforcement intensifies as the City of Cape Town seizes thousands of litres of alcohol, makes hundreds of arrests and ramps up road and public safety operations across the metro. The City of Cape Town has stepped up festive-season enforcement operations, with officers seizing large quantities of alcohol, making hundreds of arrests and issuing tens of thousands of fines during December. Law Enforcement spokesperson Wayne Dyason said enforcement agencies had significantly intensified their operations as the festive period reached its peak.
“Our officers have been working around the clock to address alcohol-related offences, road safety violations and criminal activity during this busy period,” Dyason said. According to the City, enforcement agencies have confiscated more than 4 500 litres of alcohol so far this month, with more than half of the seizures recorded in the past week. Between 1 and 21 December, the City’s liquor pound received 1 942.74 litres of alcohol, amounting to 4 201 units or bottles.
The liquor pound is managed by Law Enforcement, but all City enforcement agencies are authorised under municipal by-laws to confiscate alcohol. In general enforcement operations during the past week, Law Enforcement officers made 155 arrests and issued 5 999 fines. During these operations, LEAP officers recovered at least four firearms.
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