CNMI Drug Enforcement Task Force agents arrested on Tuesday morning a suspected trafficker of methamphetamine or \u201cice\u201d on Tinian. <\/p>\n
Yingzi Zhang Pangelinan, 55, also known as Gina, was served with an arrest warrant on Tinian on charges of trafficking of a controlled substance and conspiracy to traffic a controlled substance.<\/p>\n
Her bail was set at $100,000 cash yesterday; preliminary hearing will be on Sept. 12. Chief Public Defender Douglas Hartig was appointed as counsel for Pangelinan. <\/p>\n
Police sergeant George Fleming David disclosed that based on their surveillance, information provided by a cooperating source, and his observations, he believes that Pangelinan has been using her house in San Jose, Tinian to facilitate the sale of illegal drugs.<\/p>\n
David said their cooperating source, accompanied by an undercover police sergeant, managed to buy $500 worth or 1.4 gross grams of \u201cice\u201d from Pangelinan during a controlled purchase operation last Monday.<\/p>\n
David said the cooperating source and the undercover agent proceeded to Pangelinan\u2019s house for the drug transaction, but the defendant instructed them to follow her.<\/p>\n
Upon reaching the Cha Cha Poker building complex, the defendant allegedly instructed the cooperating source to pick up the \u201cice\u201d placed in a cigarette pack and hidden underneath an abandoned vehicle.<\/p>\n
David said the substance tested presumptive positive for the presence of meth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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