Move over Harlem pushers, you’ve got some Ivy League competition.
Five students: Chris Coles, Harrison David, Adam Klein, Jose Perez and Michael Wymbs were arrested yesterday in one of the largest undercover drug busts in New York City’s history.
Having an interest in police work, I have often wondered why more undercover work isn’t done on college campuses. Wanna get to the bottom of the local drug trade–where do they think students are buying their stuff? From some cat on the corner of 116th and Lenox?
Most of the deals took place in campus fraternity houses, and the entire investigation was triggered by several anonymous calls offered to the local Crime Stoppers hotline.
The five guys, all of whom are solid students, reportedly sold over $11,000 of goodies to undercover officers: Cocaine, marijuana, ecstasy, LSD dropped in candy and Adderall. With their arrest, authorities were able to collect enough evidence to pinch three of their suppliers. It’ll be interesting to see if the eight total arrests lead to something huge. It’s always interesting to see who’s really running this stuff and from where.
The students were placed on bail after all five pleaded not guilty at their Manhattan Supreme Court arraignment. The University responded with a simple suggestion for students to consider their actions–not only for themselves, but their entire collegiate community.
My favorite quote came from Columbia University senior, Humphrey Huang: “I’m pretty sure this kind of stuff happens in most colleges…” I’ll second that sentiment, and take it a step further: This kind of stuff happens in most colleges.
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