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Penn State students accused of running cocaine trafficking ring at fraternity houses

The Guardian World Tuesday 18 August 2026, 16:07 UTC By Victoria Bekiempis 1 min read
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Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probationMore than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday. The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, saying it involved “primarily college students and two fraternities”. The drugs were “distributed...

Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi were off campus, with Delta Upsilon placed on interim probation

More than a dozen Penn State University students ran a cocaine trafficking ring that cut and packaged the potent drug mainly at two fraternity houses, authorities said on Monday.

The Pennsylvania attorney general, Dave Sunday, announced charges on Monday against 14 people linked to the purported operation, saying it involved “primarily college students and two fraternities”. The drugs were “distributed mainly to Penn State … students”, Sunday’s office contended in statements that caused waves far beyond the research university’s campus community.

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