Collopy faces sentence after €6k in cocaine found in ice cream van

An ice cream van business which sold its strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate-flavoured cones and 99s in public parks and sports venues, was a cover for a major drugs distribution set-up.

The story, right out of a Hollywood film set, unfolded yesterday at Limerick Circuit Court.

A drugs squad detective told of the large amounts of cocaine found in one of a fleet of ice cream vans owned by 41-year-old Paul Collopy.