Ice cream van seized by police after charging customers £7 for 99 flake

Police seized an ice cream van after customers were charged £7 for a 99 flake.

The van – which is believed to have sold the ice cream at the highest cost in the country – was impounded after the owners operated it without a license in London.

But this was not before unsuspecting tourists on Westminster Bridge paid £30 to buy a handful of the cornets for their children.

Joanna Szymbor told the Star: ‘I feel ripped off. It was £28 for four ice creams.

‘There were no prices displayed – I normally ask for a price but it was hot and we had been sightseeing for eight hours.

‘I paid thinking I heard it wrong. I’d already handed the ice cream to the kids so I didn’t want to be embarrassed.’

Another added: ‘The days where you’d get change from a pound for a 99 are long gone, but £7 has got to be the most expensive one ever.

‘I know everything costs more in London but this is really taking the mick.’

The Met Police have confirmed they have seized the van after it was parked dangerously on a cycle lane.

The owners were also operating it without a license.

Lambeth Council said: ‘An unlicensed ice cream van trading on Westminster Bridge was seized by the council.’

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