'Extreme Job' Copycat... The Identity of the 'Mayak Pizza' Selling Like Hotcakes in Germany

After Weeks of Investigation, the Organization Was Completely Dismantled
Ordering Certain Menu Items Comes with Cocaine as a Side
Recently, Smuggling Has Increased Through European Ports from South America

A pizza shop in Germany was caught by the police after selling cocaine together with pizza set menus. In the movie 'Extreme Job,' a drug organization used the popularity of 'Suwon Wang Galbi Tongdak' to sign a franchise contract and pretended to deliver chicken while selling chicken laced with drugs. The German case is a copycat of 'Extreme Job,' with chicken replaced by pizza.

On the 22nd (local time), German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) and other foreign media reported that the police in D?sseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, raided a local pizza shop, arrested the manager, and uncovered a drug organization. According to the police and media, the shop sold cocaine as a side menu along with pizza to customers who ordered the 'Menu No. 40.' The police explained, "Menu No. 40 is the best-selling menu at the shop."

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Earlier in March, after receiving a tip-off about the shop, the police deployed a drug enforcement team to monitor the shop. When the police raided the manager’s apartment, the manager threw a bag containing drugs out of the window. However, the bag was caught by a police officer standing outside. The police found 1.6 kg of cocaine, 400 g of marijuana, and 268,000 euros (about 400 million KRW) in cash at the manager’s apartment. To dismantle the distribution network, the police released the man and allowed him to continue operating the pizza shop.

Over the following weeks of investigation, based on the manager’s interrogation and the seized drugs, the police tracked the drug supply chain linked to the pizza shop and raided two marijuana farms in the western German cities of M?nchengladbach and Solingen. The police conducted searches of the homes and offices of drug organization members and arrested 12 suspects, including three key figures suspected to be responsible for drug operations, among them a 22-year-old man.

Earlier last year, Bloomberg News reported that "the South American region is experiencing the largest cocaine production boom in history" and that "record amounts of drugs are landing in Europe following North America." According to the report, drug cartel organizations in South America smuggle cocaine into Europe through the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and the Port of Antwerp in Belgium.
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Last year, Bloomberg reported that "the South American region is experiencing the largest cocaine production boom in history," and "record amounts of drugs are landing in Europe following North America." According to the report, South American drug cartels smuggle cocaine into Europe through the ports of Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Antwerp in Belgium. From there, cocaine spreads throughout Europe, including France, Spain, Italy, and Germany. According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA), about 3.5 million Europeans had used cocaine as of 2021.