The incident occurred in the 100th Year Tunnels in the Şahinbey district.
Allegedly, 7 vehicles inside the tunnel blocked traffic to hold a wedding convoy and celebration.
The moments were captured on a mobile phone camera. After the footage appeared on social media, the Gaziantep Police Department teams treated the incident as a report and launched an investigation into the vehicles in question.
Record fine for vehicles and drivers
As a result of the efforts, 4 of the 7 vehicles with identified license plates were fined 180,000 TL each, totaling 720,000 TL, for violating the rule of "forming a convoy in a way that hinders the passage of other vehicles inside a tunnel." The vehicles in question were banned from traffic for 120 days, and the drivers' licenses were suspended for 120 days.
It was stated that work regarding the other 3 vehicles with identified license plates is ongoing.
News Source: 12punto
