74 Arrested In University Of Alabama Drug Bust
12 years ago

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“Hey guys,

Shit hit the fan in Tuscaloosa today. 74 Alabama students were arrested on various drug charges in one of the biggest drug busts in west Alabama. There were Narcotics Units breaking down dorm room doors starting at about 5 this morning, and they’ve continued to pick people up all day today from on and off campus. […] At least 10 or 20 of the guys were in different fraternities around campus. […] Some official statements from the university have mentioned expulsion for the students involved.”

And more from blog.al.com:

The 183 charges for the 71 men and 3 women include sale of controlled substance, sale of marijuana, possession of controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The majority of the charges were for marijuana, but police also found drugs including cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, mushrooms and prescription pills, said Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson. Several guns and thousands of dollars were seized as search and arrest warrants were executed today.

Confidential informants were strategically placed and used to build evidence. The investigation, of which has been in the works for over two months, has got to be the biggest bust in recent university history.

Here is a list of the 74 people booked on charges from the arrest roundup:

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We’ll update the story as more information comes in.

[via blog.al.com, Tuscaloosa News]

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  8. Rolltide15

    Well, after looking at the 74 mugshots, here’s the breakdown.
    – 9 SAE
    – 3 Beta
    – 2 KA
    – 1 Sigma Chi
    – 1 Chi Phi
    – 1 Theta Chi
    – 1 Pi Kappa Phi
    – 1 Sigma Nu
    – 1 DKE
    I don’t know the others fraternal affiliation, but I’m sure there were a few more. I feel bad for these kids. More importantly; however, is the fact that 73% of the people arrested were GDIs.

    12 years ago at 6:41 pm
    1. bamadke

      You obviously don’t know a lot about some of these fraternities. Only 6 are SAE’s, not 9. and there was not a DKE involved. There were 2 people with similar names of DKE’s but they are different people.

      12 years ago at 7:44 pm
    5. frathound47

      How come everyone always fails to mention the fact that the FBI had been investigating the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force since last november for accounting fraud. So, of course they arrested mostly fraternity guys because they knew where they could make their money the fastest. I mean it only makes since that they would go up into dorms and frat houses, strapped up like they were going to the Bricksquad compound, just to arrest abunch of lazy stoner rich kids. I mean who wants to actually risk their life to get real, violent drug dealers off the streets? Not me, and certainly not the police department or narcs. That’s not really their job. They’re more about making that paper, instead of taking care of the serious criminals.

      12 years ago at 2:43 pm