75 Students, 21 Others Arrested in San Diego State Drug Bust
A six-month investigation sparked by the overdose death of a student has resulted in the arrest of 96 people allegedly involved in a San Diego State University-centered drug operation. Seven fraternity houses were reportedly infiltrated during the investigation.
“Agents allegedly discovered evidence of widespread drug-dealing among some fraternity members,” writes the Los Angeles Times. “Drugs involved included marijuana, cocaine and Ecstasy.”
The investigation apparently was conducted by, or with the help of, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents in San Diego.
The university’s president, Stephen Weber, says he did the right thing by allowing undercover officers on campus, and says fraternities will be kicked off campus if they are found to have been involved “as organizations” in drug dealing.
Among those arrested, the newspaper reports, is an alleged drug dealer on the verge of earning a homeland security master’s degree who had worked as a security officer on the campus police force. Another arrested student is a criminal justice major.
