Rutgers University has ties to an alleged drug ring that led to the arrest of seven individuals.
A private social media network for purchasing drugs was discovered through Operation RU Pharm.
In New Jersey, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's office announced that seven individuals were apprehended and indicted for their alleged participation in a social media-based drug operation at Rutgers University.
Seven arrests were made as a result of an extensive narcotics investigation, Operation RU Pharm, on Thursday, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone.
According to Ciccone, the investigation, which lasted several months, revealed a private social media network used by Rutgers University students to buy and sell narcotics.
An alumnus of Rutgers established a private social media platform that allowed narcotics distributors to advertise their products and target customers within the Rutgers community.
Students who became affiliated with Rutgers were granted access to the network, enabling them to view menus and communicate with distributors to purchase drugs.
A substantial quantity of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, U.S. currency, and a firearm were also confiscated by investigators.
Anudeep Revuri, a former Rutgers student, was accused of leading a drug trafficking network and faces one count of the charge.
All six individuals, aged between 20 and 23, were charged with distributing a controlled dangerous substance.
The Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office Narcotics Task Force is still investigating, and anyone with information is requested to contact them at 732-745-3300.
In 2020, a major drug trafficking ring was dismantled on a college campus, with fraternity members and students from the University of North Carolina and Duke University being caught funneling drugs into three different campuses.
In November 2018, an investigation led to the charging of 21 individuals with federal offenses as part of a scheme.
Between 2017 and the spring of 2020, members of Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, and Beta Theta Pi fraternities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill were involved in illegal drug activity, according to court filings.
Prosecutors claimed that a drug ring smuggled over 500 kilograms of marijuana, 1000 kilograms of cocaine, and substantial amounts of other drugs into UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Appalachian State University.
The total earnings from the trafficking operation surpassed $1.5 million, according to prosecutors.
Rutgers did not immediately respond to Planet Chronicle Digital's request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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