Talk about a wakeup call. Italian police have just discovered a two-kilogram parcel of cocaine packaged inside the shells of coffee beans in Milan and, according to TMZ, it was a clue from the sequel to the hit Keanu Reeves action film “John Wick” that tipped them off.
According to police, the coked-out beans were traveling under the moniker “Santino D’Antonio,” which is the name of a mafia boss villain from “John Wick: Chapter 2” (played by Riccardo Scamarcio). This was an immediate red flag to police in Italy, where “John Wick: Chapter 2” released in March 2017 and grossed about $2 million U.S. dollars. The package, which was en route from Medellín in Colombia, contained 150 grams of cocaine hidden in about 500 beans. The beans were reportedly headed to a tobacco shop in Florence, Italy, and police quickly arrested the tobacconist when he came to retrieve the package.
Italian police named their operation “Caffè Scorretto,...
According to police, the coked-out beans were traveling under the moniker “Santino D’Antonio,” which is the name of a mafia boss villain from “John Wick: Chapter 2” (played by Riccardo Scamarcio). This was an immediate red flag to police in Italy, where “John Wick: Chapter 2” released in March 2017 and grossed about $2 million U.S. dollars. The package, which was en route from Medellín in Colombia, contained 150 grams of cocaine hidden in about 500 beans. The beans were reportedly headed to a tobacco shop in Florence, Italy, and police quickly arrested the tobacconist when he came to retrieve the package.
Italian police named their operation “Caffè Scorretto,...
- 7/18/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
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