The federal agents went to one or two parties but never actually went to class or lived in the dorms. Instead, they merely arranged meetings with suspected dealers and asked about buying cocaine, Ecstasy, methamphetamine, marijuana and other drugs, authorities said Wednesday.
"All it took was saying, 'Hey, I go to State, can you hook me up?"' said San Diego County prosecutor Damon Mosler. "And then it was off to the races."
The day after the drug sweep landed members of three fraternities in jail and led to the suspension of six frats, investigators revealed how easy it was to penetrate the university's drug culture.
At least 75 people arrested during the five-month sting were San Diego State students, and 13 of them were from seven fraternities. Altogether, there were 128 arrests, 61 on Tuesday. Theta Chi had the highest number of students arrested, with five.
Campus police started the probe a year ago after the cocaine overdose death of a freshman sorority member, but they soon called in federal agents to provide fresh faces on campus and supply the money needed to make drug buys.
