Not sure what to think about this - Alcoholic Freezies.

[VanessaofBC]

SOURCE: http://www.theprovince.com/news/Vancouver+woman+charged+with+selling+alcoholic+freezies+Wreck+Beach/9418702/story.html

Vancouver woman charged with selling alcoholic 'freezies' at Wreck Beach
BY SUSAN LAZARUK, THE PROVINCE JANUARY 23, 2014 10:48 AM

A woman charged with allegedly selling alcoholic “freezies” at the popular nudist hangout Wreck Beach is the first to face criminal charges in what police say is a crackdown on the open sale of liquor and drugs.

Alana Thomson, 31, of Vancouver, had a court date this week to face 14 charges, including several counts of unlawfully selling, advertising and soliciting for orders of “frozen alcoholic beverages, commonly known as freezies,” according to court documents obtained by The Province.

The charges include one count of manufacturing freezies and two counts of possession of drugs, marijuana and ecstasy, for the purposes of trafficking.

The court hearing was adjourned for a month.

Thomson didn’t return messages left on her active Facebook page, which said recently she’d been in Namibia, the Bahamas and Panama.

Her lawyer, Patrick McGowan, said Thomson has received some disclosure of evidence from Crown and is awaiting further disclosure before deciding whether to fight the charges.

At her February court hearing, which she’s not required to attend, “There may well a trial date set,” he said.

“It’s an unusual charge,” said McGowan. “It’s often a ticketable offence. This is a more aggressive approach.”

Thomson posted a bio on the Vancouver Entrepreneur Mentors website in October, saying she was a budding entrepreneur looking to “play in the big league with the help of a mentor to ... develop freezies that are cocktails fit for adults. A lime margarita, strawberry daiquiri or some other delicious cocktail us big kids can enjoy!”

Her goal is to “get this product on the liquor shelves all throughout Canada by the summer of 2014.”

Thomson was charged under B.C.’s Liquor Act, which prohibits the selling and advertising of alcohol without a licence and, under Section 55 of the act, manufacturing alcohol.

Police allege she sold the freezies at Wreck Beach, a 7.8-kilometre strip of clothing-optional beach near the University of B.C. known for decades as much for its culture of open drug and alcohol use as for its nude beachgoers.

“There is a lot of drugs and alcohol going on (at Wreck Beach),” said UBC RCMP spokesman Sgt. Drew Grainger. “It’s been a challenge for this detachment for many years.”

He said that since 2011, patrolling officers have issued hundreds of $230 violation tickets for open alcohol, at the rate of a half-dozen to 20 a day.

He said the laying of charges, which have been approved by Crown, was necessary in this case because “this person is somebody who came to our attention quickly.”

Court documents allege Thomson “did advertise liquor or the availability of liquor” and “did canvass for, solicit, receive or take orders for the purchase or sale of liquor.”

Undercover officers allegedly bought the freezies over three days at the beginning of July and about a month later.

Judy Williams of the Wreck Beach Preservation Society said she knows Thomson.

“She's obnoxious, she’s loud and she didn’t follow the dictates of the culture down there. There’s an etiquette on the beach and you don’t get in people’s faces. They don’t like that.”

Grainger said RCMP will be stepping up police patrols in the summer to protect the public from possibly ingesting something harmful because “we don’t know what’s in that liquor,” and from potential violence that he said could result from competing vendors.

“There’s going to be enhanced police patrols done there, I can guarantee that, throughout the summer months,” he said.

“We would be naive to think that there isn’t going to continue to be the sale of drugs and alcohol, but we have to keep it at a level that ensures the safety and security of beachgoers.”

 

[alcxd]

I was wondering if that was Vannessaofbc,
But I'm with you Gonzo, I would buy more than 1 freeeeeezie from her

 

[VanessaofBC]

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[CJ Tylers]

I have no issues with alcohol being sold on the beach... although, she would have to have a valid temporary liquor license to be legal.

The other thing though... being aggressive and in your face, if she does that, it's definitely against the grain at Wreck. People are supposed to be chill and easy going there, forget about your inhibitions and problems. Be respectful!

 

[Tugela]

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Wow! So that is without the makeup?

 

[stanleystud]

I'm just gonna say if your one of those
Guys or girls cruising around blatinley selling brain bubbling banana bread pills or whatever else they got in public. Your gonna get busted. Lets face it people will drink and pop bills at the beach but it dosent need to be thrown into everyone's face. There are people that don't partake in these activities and some people need to learn to be respectful of there surroundings. Personally I drink at that beach every time i go but I haven't once had to poor out a single drink. Why cause I drink one at a time I'm not creating problems.

If the polic are quoting only doing 12-20 tickets a day than there definitely being nice. If your telling a cop walks down the beach and only sees that few infractions than there blind. They can tell that red cup you have isint full of pop I bet if our lovely officers were ins foul mood on a hot August weekend they could hand out over a hundred. No matter how innocent someone makes there story sound they were probably being a idiot when they got a ticket. I've sat on kits beach drinking a cooler only to be told dump it out. Apologize dump it and they left.

Respect goes a long way.