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Dry quiet season for some in Cape Town

Johannesburg - The City of Cape Town had a quieter festive season due to the confiscation of almost 12 000 bottles of alcohol during its crackdown on violations of its alcohol laws, a councillor said on Sunday.

"Officers confiscated 11 570 bottles of alcohol amounting to 8 677l, including 5 678 bottles of beer, 4 650 bottles of cider, 741 bottles of wine and 501 bottles of spirits, councillor JP Smith said in a statement.

"We’ve witnessed the direct correlation between the confiscation totals and other enforcement challenges and the net result was a quieter festive season for us," he said.

"There was also a significant reduction in the number of drowning incidents at our beaches. I am quite convinced that our alcohol operations played a significant role in saving lives."

People who had their alcohol confiscated have three months to collect it from the pound, provided they pay a release fee of R1 400.

So far nobody has taken up the offer, said Smith.

Smith added that a Matroosfontein tavern owner became the first person to be convicted in terms of the Control of Undertakings that Sell Liquor to the Public By-law of 2013.

He was fined R2 500 in the Goodwood Municipal Court last Monday for contravening trading hours. He had been nabbed trading after hours and on Sundays.

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