Pols praise DA for arrest of suspected ice cream truck drug dealer
The arrest of a suspect who allegedly sold narcotics out of an ice cream truck on the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge will protect children from drugs, according to Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, one of several local lawmakers praising Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes for making the bust.
“Taking the ice cream truck drug dealer off the streets will protect Brooklyn’s children from an absolutely despicable and dangerous threat, and I thank District Attorney Charles Hynes for his diligence in this matter,” Malliotakis (R-C-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) said.
On Aug. 6, Hynes announced the arrest of Mina Gatas, 20, on charges of selling drugs to an undercover officer on two occasions, with one buy taking place from the defendant’s ice cream truck.