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Fraternity members and students at three North Carolina universities allegedly helped funnel more than $1.5 million worth of illegal drugs on and near their campuses, according to a federal investigation revealed Thursday.
The alleged drug ring said to have involved students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Appalachian State University (ASU) trafficked more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana, several hundred kilograms of cocaine, and significant quantities of other drugs, including ecstasy, to fraternity members and other students, according to the Department of Justice.
A total of 21 individuals are facing federal charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, conspiracy to distribute marijuana which is still illegal in the Tar Heel State and other charges as a result of the investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration and Orange County Sheriff s Department.
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Fraternity members and students from the University of North Carolina and Duke University were part of a massive drug trafficking ring that for years funneled drugs into three college campuses, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.
Federal law enforcement agents most recently charged 21 people in connection with the scheme following an investigation that began in November 2018.
The illegal drug activity involved members of chapters of Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, and Beta Theta Pi fraternities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 2017 and the spring of 2020, according to court filings.
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