At a particular pizzeria in Dusseldorf, Germany, “number 40” came with a extra kick: cocaine. The special order was first noticed by food inspectors. Later, police found the manager with pounds of cocaine and hundreds of thousand of dollars in cash. This week, they busted an entire drug ring in western Germany. Marco Werman has more.
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