@ Papafern
Would I be correct in assuming you speak of Glasgow? I remember hearing of the "Ice cream wars" but don't know much about it. Were they dealing drugs from ice cream vans?
Yeah it happened here in Glasgow, yeah bunch of drug dealers and gangsters went around selling drug out of ice cream vans. When I was younger I thought it was actually over ice-cream

If I'm right only one guy was evr convicted of the goings-on and killings, though he wasn't actually involved in much (if any) of it. He used to stay down the road from me at my old place, had a cracking house, I remember going in once because I was friends with his daughter, some really nice cars as well.
Seems 6 were convicted when I do some more reading, but the guy I mentioned (along with another) were heavily punished for the crimes but later turned out the police and witness had lied under oath...Quite interesting reading about the underworld around here..