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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, January 23, 1992                   TAG: 9201230236
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: STATE 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

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GUN CHECK CAUSES MAN'S DRUG ARREST

A man sought since 1989 on charges of selling prescription drugs to an undercover policeman was arrested Monday while trying to buy a firearm from a Wytheville store.

Robert G. Whalen, 38, is charged with selling a Schedule 3 drug, a misdemeanor. The outstanding warrant turned up when Whalen's application to buy a gun went through the state police computer.

He was later arrested by town police at his apartment in Longview Village. He is free on an unsecured bond pending a Feb. 28 hearing. - Southwest bureau

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