Ice cream van selling drugs

Busted: Mina Gatas, an ice cream vendor, allegedly sold cocaine alongside iced treats from his van

'Our undercover officer was doing an investigation and he struck up a conversation with the defendant in the deli, ' a spokesman for District Attorney Charles Hynes told the

'The defendant told him, "I can get you narcotics." They exchanged phone numbers and set up a buy.'

The officer then allegedly bought cocaine from Gatas at the deli and out of the ice cream truck, which Gatas partly owns, the Post reported.

Both times the undercover paid $825 for 15 grams of cocaine - although he actually received just under 13 grams, the spokesman said.

Wheels: An old Facebook photo shows an ice cream van he appears to have previously worked in. He has now been accused of selling drugs from his van to an undercover police officer

Extras: He was allegedly caught on camera passing the drugs over with an ice cream (file picture)

The deals took place in Owls Head Park, which is popular with children.

But in between the deals, which allegedly took place in early July, he shared his surprising opinions on drug dealing on Facebook.