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In the spring of 2016, the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) launched an investigation into drug trafficking at the now-shuttered Black Bear Pub and Grill in Ajax.

According to the agreed statement read into court by Federal prosecutor Brendan Gluckman, two female undercover officers posed as drug dealers “Alex” and “Holly” and bought an ounce of cocaine at the bar on Aug. 11, 2017.

After meeting Aswat there, they asked him to run a prospective buyer through his police database to find out if he was “somebody we need to worry about.”

The on-duty officer quickly agreed and checked the name from his scout car computer terminal.

Later that night, after a flirtatious round of drinks at the bar, court heard Aswat and the “dealers” went back to the owner’s place where they continued partying — except for a brief interlude where the officer left to actually do his job and respond to a call.

So much for not drinking on the clock.

Once he returned to the ladies, Aswat performed a little show-and-tell: After removing the bullets, he showed the drug traffickers how to handle his police-issued service weapon.

He also made a suggestive comment to “Holly” and playfully put her in handcuffs.

According to the agreed statement, that was also the night Aswat signed on to be a lookout for their upcoming drug sale.

The following week, the undercover officers bought three ounces of cocaine for $4,950 at the Black Bear.

Aswat then met “the prettiest girls in Oshawa” to go over how he was going to monitor their drug deal through an open phone line. In their conversation picked up by wiretap, he asked “what’s my cut?” and suggested it should be “at least a bottle of vodka.”