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

The van was charging customers an extortionate £7 for an ice cream (Picture: Twitter/@MPSRTPC)

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 van was operating without a license (Picture: twitter/@MPSRTPC)

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