Seven arrested in alleged drug ring with ties to Rutgers University [Video]

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.” 

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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 seizeda large amount of marijuana, …