Johannesburg police arrested 203 people in a swoop on Hillbrow which started on Thursday afternoon and ended in the early hours of Friday.
Inspector Kriban Naidoo said an ”enormous” number of people were arrested for drunken driving.
”It is no compensation that it was a holiday,” he said.
Thirty three illegal immigrants were arrested and are already in the process of being repatriated, he said on Friday.
Other charges related to assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm and illegal possession of firearms.
”A lot of people have already appeared in court. Other cases are pending investigations,” said Naidoo. – Sapa