Seven people were arrested and charged with involvement in an alleged social media drug ring at Rutgers University in New Jersey, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office. The result of an extensive narcotics investigation, Operation RU Pharm, led to the arrests.
The investigation, which was conducted over several months, uncovered a private social media network used by Rutgers University students to buy and sell narcotics. An alumnus of Rutgers created the 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. Investigators also seized a large amount of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin mushrooms, Adderall, Xanax, a large amount of U.S. currency, and a gun.
Charged in connection with the alleged drug ring were Anudeep Revuri, 23, a former Rutgers student, on 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, who were each charged with at least one count of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
The investigation is still active, and anyone with information is asked to contact the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics Task Force at 732-745-3300.
