{"id":120622,"date":"2023-10-26T14:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=120622"},"modified":"2023-10-26T14:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T14:39:32","slug":"ice-cream-man-caught-selling-illegal-hooch-said-he-was-treated-like-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/ice-cream-man-caught-selling-illegal-hooch-said-he-was-treated-like-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice cream man caught selling illegal hooch said he was treated like criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Irishman rumbled for selling illegal hooch from his ice cream van has described his subsequent treatment as something befitting a drug cartel member.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick O\u2019Dwyer, 71, from Cahersiveen, Kerry, Ireland, allegedly sold so-called &apos;Irish moonshine&apos; poit\u00edn from his colourful ice cream van, something he denies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Jesus Christ \u2013 you would have thought I was one of the Kinahans,&quot; he said of how Irish officials swooped on his home an interrogated him, referring to the notorious drug cartel family based in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>Man &apos;sets himself on fire&apos; outside McDonald&apos;s and is fighting for his life<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest brilliantly b<\/i><\/b><b><i>izarre news from the Daily Star, <\/i><\/b><b><i>click here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A warrant was executed on August 23, 2022, to search the pensioner&apos;s home and van. Some 31 litres of poit\u00edn was found at his address outside Cahirsiveen, including 19 100mls bottles in the garage, as well as bottles in his ice-cream van. In addition, 90 empty bottles were found.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31287401.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/1_Whipped-ice-cream-cone.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>He was eventually convicted and fined \u20ac2,500 (\u00a32,176), but he said he was shocked by the &quot;heavy-handed&quot; nature of the response from officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey blocked off the drive \u2026 blocked off the garage and came in here and made me sit at the table for three hours,\u201d he told the Sunday World.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey would not allow me to move from the table and I was threatened, every time I tried to move, with seven days in a cell.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>He claims he was actually handing out the hooch to tour coach operators as a thank you for letting him sell ice cream and treats to their customers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31287398.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Children-4-8-running-towards-ice-cream-truck.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31284175.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_Inside-worlds-first-immersive-brothel-in-Berlin-with-sex-dolls-and-live-voice-actors.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Inside \u2018world\u2019s first\u2019 immersive brothel in Berlin with sex dolls and live voice actors<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cSo, no, I wasn\u2019t selling it \u2026 but that\u2019s what I was done for,&quot; he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he had pleaded guilty to selling the alcohol if he wasn\u2019t being paid for it, the pensioner said he was offered a deal by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;If I had gone to court and pleaded not guilty, then I could be open to a \u20ac20,000 (\u00a317,415) fine. Or I could plead guilty, and I\u2019d probably get a \u20ac2,500 fine,&quot; he explained.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/i><\/b><b><i>here<\/i><\/b><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/ice-cream-man-caught-selling-31287098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Irishman rumbled for selling illegal hooch from his ice cream van has described his subsequent treatment as something befitting a drug cartel member. 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