Crime & Safety

Big-Time Harwich Drug Dealer Caught With Ecstasy, Rx Pills, Pot: Police

Stephen Manning, 20, of Harwich, was charged with a host of crimes and held on high bail.

HARWICH, MA — A big-time Harwich drug dealer was recently arrested with a huge stash of ecstasy, prescription pills, and marijuana, police said.

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He was arrested Friday, when Harwich police, Yarmouth police, and State Police executed a search warrant at his room at the Wishing Well Motel in Harwich. They said they seized 500 ecstasy pills, 1250 grams on Xanax, 270 grams of marijuana, and $13,500 in cash.

Police said Manning ran his drug dealing operation out of the motel room.

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He was charged with three felony counts of dealing drugs. He pleaded not guilty at an arraignment.

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