POLICE seized a car for causing obstruction and having no insurance after they responded to an unauthorised car meet up in Basingstoke on Sunday evening, March 26.
According to police, they attended the “very large” car meet outside Tesco in Chineham following reports.
Police said there were approximately 200 cars and at least 400 spectators.
The cars and the spectators quickly started dispersing on officers’ arrival and soon “headed out of Basingstoke”, police added.
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A number of officers from the Basingstoke Town Neighbourhoods Team were involved in the action, known as Operation Chromium.
Police later located a vehicle abandoned on the road.
Following checks, it was seized for having no insurance and causing an obstruction.
Police said they would like to continue to reassure local residents that they take any report of anti-social use of vehicles extremely seriously.
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