Prosecutor: Reading businessman sold fentanyl to undercover agents

Gregory Borges, 60, was charged with drug and weapons offenses, prosecutors said.

Detectives began investigating Borges in May and made several controlled purchases of fentanyl from his business, Gshirt Inc., at 921 Penn Street, authorities wrote in a news release.

“He sold this deadly product and stored it at this location,” prosecutors said.

According to the press release, detectives obtained a search warrant for his business on Wednesday, July 10, and raided it on Friday. Borges was arrested the same day and cocaine was found in his possession, prosecutors said.

In addition to the 40 grams of cocaine, investigators found:

• 163 suspected fentanyl pills
• $520 cash
• An H&R Young American .22 Revolver
• A semi-automatic 9 mm pistol from A Star
• 865 grams of suspected marijuana
• 426 grams of synthetic cannabinoids
• Packaging materials and other drug paraphernalia

According to prosecutors, the street value of the drugs is estimated at over $7,000.

The 60-year-old Reading resident is being held on $150,000 bail and the investigation is ongoing, the statement said. Borges has a preliminary hearing scheduled for July 26, court records show.

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