What Does the Fraternity Drug Bust Mean for Chapel Hill?
Kevin Guskiewicz
UNC Interim Chancellor
(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
An eleventh-hour announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice and Orange County Sheriffâs Office right at the end of 2020 dropped a bomb on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. It reverberated across the country.
Twenty-one people were indicted for moving serious weight in a small college town with fewer than 60,000 residents. Theyâre accused of selling over a thousand pounds of marijuana, a few hundred pounds of cocaine, and other narcotics at the university. Three UNC-Chapel Hill fraternitiesâBeta Theta Pi, Phi Gamma Delta, and Kappa Sigmaâwere name-dropped by the department as the site of drug sales, and frat brothers were implicated, too.
Three fraternities were suspended by UNC on Friday following the arrests
On Thursday prosecutors and sheriffs announced they had broken up a cartel
21 people have been arrested since July as part of the drug operation sting
The suspects range in age from 22 and 35; many were based in North Carolina
They include current and former students from Duke and UNC Chapel Hill
Together, they sold over $1.5million of cocaine and marijuana, prosecutors said
Prosecutors say they are hardened drug dealers with brazen attitudes
Many of the suspects have prior arrests and have already graduated
Some of the most serious charges carry sentences of 10 years to life
21 arrested in âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5M worth of drugs through N.C. colleges Authorities have arrested 21 people who they say were involved in a âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5 million worth of drugs onto or near college campuses in North Carolina. (Source: Pablo) By WBTV Web Staff | December 17, 2020 at 4:23 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 11:50 AM
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WBTV) - Authorities have arrested 21 people who they say were involved in a âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5 million worth of drugs onto or near college campuses in North Carolina.
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21 arrested in âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5M worth of drugs through N.C. colleges
21 arrested in âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5M worth of drugs through N.C. colleges By WBTV Web Staff | December 17, 2020 at 4:23 PM EST - Updated December 18 at 11:50 AM
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WBTV) - Authorities have arrested 21 people who they say were involved in a âlarge scale drug ringâ that funneled more than $1.5 million worth of drugs onto or near college campuses in North Carolina.
These 21 people now face federal charges as a result of a lengthy investigation into the sale of narcotics at these schools.