He was an expert in drug dealing.
Six Rutgers University Students and a former student were accused this week of running a sophisticated drug ring — and allegedly using a “private social media network” to sell narcotics to fellow Scarlet Knights.
New Jersey prosecutors alleged that RU alumnus Anudeep Revuri, 23, of New Brunswick, developed the closed network used by the group to sell narcotics to other Rutgers students.
Through social media apps, “narcotics distributors can post menus for drugs and solicit buyers from within the Rutgers University community,” Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said in a statement.
Ciccone, head of “Operation RU Farms,” said Rutgers students who established their affiliation with the school were allowed to join the network and once they gained access, they could browse menus posted by distributors. And were able to contact them to negotiate the purchase.” In several months.
Police recovered substantial quantities of marijuana, LSD, cocaine, psilocybin or “magic” mushrooms, Adderall, and Xanax. A gun and an undisclosed amount of cash were also seized.
Revuri was accused of being the leader of a drug trafficking network and conspiring to distribute drugs.
According to the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, the drug ring also allegedly included students Joshua Duffy and David Nudelman, 20, Noah Lisimacchio, 21, Zachary Peterson and Donovin Williams, 22, and Katherine Tierney, 23.
The students face charges ranging from money laundering to possession and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance.
One is also accused of dealing drugs within a designated school zone.
The Post was unable to reach any of the defendants for comment.
Revuri’s attorney, Jason Seidman, said that his client had merely created an online chat room that other students used to sell drugs.
“I didn’t see anything that suggested he coordinated or directed any sales,” Seidman said. “He maintains his innocence and looks forward to proving it in court.”
Rutgers University Not commenting on the arrests.
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