Reported by Middlesex County Prosecutor’s office

Six Rutgers University students and one alum were charged this week with running a sophisticated drug ring — and allegedly used a “private social media network” to sell narcotics to fellow Scarlet Knights.

New Jersey prosecutors allege RU alumnus Anudeep Revuri, 23, of New Brunswick, developed the closed network used by the group to sell narcotics to other Rutgers students.

Through the social media app, “narcotics distributors could post menus for drugs and solicit buyers from within the Rutgers University community,” said Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone in a statement.

Read press release: https://www.middlesexcountynj.gov/Home/Components/News/News/1562/736

Read full report from New York Post: https://nypost.com/2024/12/07/us-news/six-rutgers-students-accused-of-running-drug-ring-with-app-allegedly-made-by-alum/