From: Glasgow Living
Glasgow it appears, still struggles to rid itself from its “no mean city” tag, as a spate of shootings draws the media’s attention once again to Glasgow’s nefarious and murky underworld. It is feared that a new bloody gang war is taking hold of the city.
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Here are some of the most terrifying gangland incidents to happen in Glasgow’s, each once cementing and adding to the city’s already fearsome reputation.
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The Ice Cream Wars
A crime that truly horrified the world, in Glasgow’s East End a feud had erupted between rival gangs in who would control a lucrative ice cream van route. However the vans were a good money earner not for selling plenty of ice cream but under the counter illegal activities. Drugs, counterfeit cigarettes, stolen goods etc were regularly sold from the ice cream vans. The violence escalated from threats, to arson, firearm attacks until eventually the tit for tat actions culminated in one of the most brutal acts of violence ever seen in Britain.
