Mom Busted With Heroin In Bra While Driving With Child In Car: Cops

MANCHESTER, NH — A local woman was arrested last week on drug charges after allegedly driving in the Queen City. Christina Walsh, 40, of Manchester, was arrested on Oct. 5, 2017, and charged with two counts of possession of controlled drugs. At around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, an officer noticed a woman cross over the double yellow line on Union Street just south of Webster Street.

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The officer stopped the vehicle – a 2011 Nissan Altima – and saw a child in a car seat in the back of the vehicle “as well as a small piece of a plastic bag on the driver’s side floor mat,” according to Lt. Brian O’Keefe of the Manchester Police Department. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Bedford NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

“He questioned the operator who consented to a search of her belongings,” O’Keefe alleged. “He located a capped hypodermic needle and a Suboxone strip inside of her purse.”

A second officer arrived on the scene and she allegedly located two small bags of heroin – about 2.8 grams – inside her bra, during a search.

Walsh was arrested while her vehicle was towed from the scene, O'Keefe stated. The child was released to its father. Walsh was released on $1,000 cash bail and is due in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on Oct. 19.

Image via Manchester Police.