45 fixed-penalty notices issued after illegal car-meet in Basingstoke
Officers say around a hundred cars gathered over the weekend
Last updated 30th Mar 2021
Forty-five people have been given fixed penalty notices following a car-meet in Basingstoke at the weekend.
Police were called at around 9pm on Saturday, 27 March, to reports of a car-meet taking place on Rankine Road, that had travelled from the Thames Valley area.
Police say that when they arrived around one hundred vehicles were seen, with large groups of people gathered in contravention of the current Health Protection Regulations.
Many left the area on seeing the officers begin taking details of those in attendance.
As a result, forty-five people were spoken to by attending officers and were reported for summons in relation to a fixed penalty notice.