October 23rd 2024.
Would you like to add a little something extra to your pizza order? Well, a pizzeria in Germany thought it was a good idea to offer a side of cocaine with their popular pizza no.40. Unfortunately for them, this decision turned out to be their downfall.
The restaurant, located in Düsseldorf, was caught in the act of dealing drugs when the police busted them. It turns out that for some time, they had been delivering their bestselling pizza with bags of cocaine hidden inside. The manager, a 36-year-old, was arrested and even tried to get rid of the evidence by throwing a bag of drugs out of the window as the police arrived. However, his plan backfired as the bag ended up in the hands of the officers.
But even after being released from police custody, the manager couldn't resist the temptation to continue with his illegal business. This led to the arrest of 15 more people involved in the trade. The police seized a large amount of drugs, including almost four pounds of cocaine, 14oz of cannabis, and £223,449.
Interestingly, the cocaine was cleverly hidden beneath the pizza, making it difficult for authorities to detect. According to Chief Inspector Michael Graf von Moltke, they had been monitoring the pizzeria since earlier this year when food inspectors found drugs in the kitchen. He also revealed that the pizza in question was one of their top-selling items, which came as a surprise because the owner had never been involved in such crimes before.
What's even more ironic is that the pizzeria's slogan was "We deliver everything home to you," and it seems they took this quite literally by including cocaine in their delivery options. In fact, a study in 2018 showed that cocaine was being delivered faster than pizza in England and Scotland. Shockingly, more than a third of cocaine users surveyed in England and over 500 in Scotland claimed they could get the drug delivered within half an hour. This is in comparison to only 12.2% and 19.8% of people who said they could get a pizza delivered in the same amount of time.
Globally, the 2018 Global Drug Survey revealed that 30.3% of 15,000 cocaine users could get their hands on the drug within 30 minutes, while only 16.5% said the same about pizza delivery. These statistics show the alarming rate at which cocaine is being distributed and highlight the need for stricter measures to combat this issue.
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