As part of tightening the grip on crime during the holiday season, Western Cape police embarked on several operations, raids, roadblocks, and vehicle checkpoints that yielded significant successes over the Christmas weekend. In total, Western Cape police visited just over 600 licensed liquor outlets over the Christmas weekend to conduct compliance inspections. The Safer Festive Season operations also saw the police closing down 21 illegal shebeens, charging traders, and confiscating 2 162 liters of alcohol from the illegal premises in areas such as Kraaifontein, Khayelitsha, De Doorns, and Calitzdorp.
The operations which commenced on the evening of Thursday, 24 December 2020 until the evening of Sunday, 27 December 2020, also resulted in the seizure of 14 illegal firearms and rounds of ammunition with several arrests in Bishop Lavis, Phillipi East, Atlantis, and Bellville.