A freshman student in Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz) charged with selling molly and cocaine via an iOS app

We love word games and crime, but an application called Banana Plug has allowed a student from UC Santa Cruz to be sentenced to indictment by the federal government for selling molly, "Shrooms" and cocaine.

Just to explain the joke, the banana slug is the official mascot of UC Santa Cruz since 1986. Collin Howard, a student from Santa Cruz, therefore used his mind in naming an application he had developed, Banana Plug. But the US Department of Homeland Security did not like the fact that the application was allegedly a support for the sale of cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine and psylocybin, and arrested the young freshman 18, charged with possession and distribution. Howard was indicted on Tuesday in federal court.

According to Apple Insider, the kid has had the application in the iOS App Store since last October. Banana Plug featured the slogan "We have what you want" and users inserted small banana tiles into electrical outlet icons, according to federal authorities, according to which "contraband products offered for sale, including cocaine , "Molly" and "Shrooms".

Although the New York Daily News reported this morning that the application was still available on the App Store, it now seems to have been removed. (Believe me, I tried to find it.)

Collin Howard, an 18-year-old student from Santa Cruz University, was arrested for allegedly selling drugs through an app he created called "Banana Plug."
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According to Howard's indictment, "posters announcing the application had been suspended around the campus of the University of Santa Cruz. After discovering the posters and the app, a police officer from the University of Santa Cruz, in coordination with HSI [Homeland Security Investigations], used the app to request a purchase of marijuana and cocaine, and then contacted Howard via Snapchat to set up the purchase. An undercover agent from HSI made this purchase and proceeded separately to contact Howard on Snapchat to set up three additional purchases of controlled substances. "

Homeland Security claims that its undercover agent bought five grams of methamphetamine from Howard on several occasions, and that the UC Santa Cruz police arrested him at his fourth meeting.

Howard was arrested last Friday and is currently on bail. His review of the bond is scheduled for this Friday. When he is finally found guilty, Howard incurs between five and 40 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 10 million.