Seven people arrested in alleged Rutgers University social media drug ring

Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, authorities announced this week.

Seven people have been arrested and charged in connection with an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University, authorities announced this week.

The sweeping undercover narcotics operation, known as “Operation RU Pharm,” uncovered a “closed and private social media network utilized by Rutgers University students to sell and purchase” drugs, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a statement Thursday.

Authorities seized a large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, “a large amount of U.S. currency,” and a firearm, according to a news release from Ciccone’s office.

The sting operation found that an alumnus of Rutgers created a private social media network where “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.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rutgers-university-social-media-drug-ring-rcna183301

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