Ice-cream van a drug cash front, court told

AN ICE-CREAM van which travelled to festivals around the country was used to launder drug money, Limerick District Court heard yesterday.

Brian Collopy, whose house in Fedamore was confiscated by the Criminal Assets Bureau and sold in 2005 for €225,000 at public auction, stated more than €11,000 found earlier this month during a Garda raid belonged to his wife and their son.

Gardaí sought an order from Judge Eamonn O’Brien to retain the money for up to three months.