OPERATIVES of the Philippine National Police – Drug Enforcement Group on Thursday arrested a dentist for selling illegal drugs in a buy-bust operation in Dagupan City, Pangasinan.
PDEG director Col. Dionisio B. Bartolome Jr. identified the suspect as Reynard Pasaoa, 40.
Bartolome said the suspect has been tagged as a “high-value target”.
.Pasaoa yielded a small heat-sealed plastic sachet containing a gram of shabu worth P6,800, the buy-bust money topped by a marked P1,000 bill, and a mobile phone he used in making contact with the poseur.
Members of the PDEG, in coordination with the Regional Intelligence Unit 1 and the PNP Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group, launched the entrapment in Bgy. Bonuan Binloc in Dagupan City around 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Accroding to Bartolome, Pasaoa will be facing a non-bailable case for sale and possession of prohibited drugs under Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.
