Seven People Arrested in Alleged Drug Ring Connected to Rutgers University
“The investigation was conducted over several months”
This is much bigger than a couple of students selling a bag of pot here and there.
FOX News reports:
Seven arrested in alleged drug ring with ties to Rutgers University
Seven people were arrested and charged for their involvement with an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office in New Jersey.
On Thursday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said the result of an extensive narcotics investigation, Operation RU Pharm, netted seven arrests.
The investigation was conducted over several months, according to Ciccone, and uncovered a closed and private social media network utilized by Rutgers University students to buy and sell narcotics.
The sting operation found an alumnus of Rutgers created a private social media network through which “narcotics distributors could post menus for drugs and solicit buyers from within the Rutgers University community.”
Rutgers students who established their affiliation with the school were allowed to join the network, browse the “menus” and contact distributors to negotiate drug purchases.
Investigators also seized a large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, a large amount of U.S. currency and a gun.
Former Rutgers student Anudeep Revuri, 23, was charged with one count of being a first-degree leader of a drug trafficking network.
Joshua Duffy, 20, Zachary Petersen, 22, Catherine Tierney, 23, David Nudelman, 20, Donovin Williams, 22, and Noa Lisimachio, 21, were all charged with at least one count of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
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And they sell drugs instead of hitting the books? This is a short-term and short sighted possible profit scheme versus a longer term jail sentence, not to mention legitimate employment may not be in their futures. I thought the younger generation(s) were supposed to be smart. Guess that is not the case.