21 charged in drug operation on 3 university campuses in North Carolina By: CNN
By Kay Jones, CNN (CNN) Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after federal officials uncovered a massive drug ring involving students at three North Carolina universities, authorities announced Thursday.
US Attorney Matthew Martin said in a news conference that those arrested were accused of dealing drugs in and around the campuses of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Appalachian State University. He said members of several fraternities were charged, and more arrests could come.
The investigation began in 2018, according to a news release from the US Attorney s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina, and the first person was charged in November 2019. The rest were charged between July and December.
UNC Suspends Fraternities Tied to Drug Investigation
Kevin Guskiewicz
UNC Interim Chancellor
(Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)
It wasn t your average college startup: the Orange County Sheriff s Department and the U.S. Department of Justice revealed Thursday that three UNC-Chapel Hill fraternitiesâPhi Gamma Delta, Beta Theta Pi, and Kappa Sigmaâwere the backdrops for drug sales at the university for years.
By Friday afternoon, the university announced that it would be temporarily suspending the three organizations while the investigation went on. Phi Gamma Delta has also been temporarily suspended by their national organization, according to
News & Observer.
âWe are taking swift action today because the serious nature of the alleged criminal behaviors is contradictory to our code of conduct and endangers the health of our student body and community,â Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz said in a statement. âWe remain vigilant and are conti
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21 charged in alleged drug ring involving major North Carolina universities By Victoria Albert
December 17, 2020 / 7:36 PM / CBS News
Twenty-one people have been charged in an alleged drug ring that involved multiple fraternities and students at major North Carolina universities, the Department of Justice announced Thursday. The alleged drug ring brought over 1,000 pounds of marijuana, several hundred kilograms of cocaine, and significant quantities of other drugs onto the college campuses over several years, according to the DOJ.
The first person charged in the investigation was Francisco Javier Ochoa, who the DOJ identified as a primary supplier of the narcotics. Court documents allege that Ochoa supplied approximately 200 pounds of marijuana and 2 kilograms of cocaine a week to a cooperating defendant in Orange County, North Carolina. Ochoa pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced in November to 73 months in prison. He was also ordered to
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.