NH Drug Raids Net $24K In Suspected Fentanyl

MANCHESTER, NH — Four people were arrested last week after a drug raid in New Hampshire’s largest city and then, a traffic stop on an active warrant, according to police. Arrested in the raids were Edgar Caliz, 34, pictured upper right, of Manchester, on felon in possession of a dangerous weapon and two counts of possession of a controlled drug-Alprazolam, Suboxone; Tiara Cyr Cullinane, 26, of New Boston, was arrested for sale of a controlled drug; George Theberge, 39, pictured lower right, of Manchester, was arrested on another agency’s warrant; and William Looney, 54, pictured upper left, of Manchester, was arrested on warrants. The first action occurred on Granite Street at just before 6 a.m. when officers implemented search warrants as part of an investigation into crack cocaine and fentanyl allegedly being sold from an apartment, according to Lt. Brian O’Keefe of the Manchester Police Department.

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During the raid, a Hi-Point 9 mm gun, nine Suboxone strips, 38 Alprazolam pills, and $2,410 were allegedly found in Caliz’s safe. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Bedford NH Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Later that day, state troopers stopped Looney on I-93 North near Exit 7 while he was reportedly driving a U-Haul truck. He was wanted on a warrant from the first raid. During the traffic stop, Looney “allegedly made several attempts to conceal several cylindrical objects as they spoke with him, so he was removed from the vehicle and arrested on the warrant,” O’Keefe noted.

A search warrant was requested and granted and the objects Looney was reportedly concealing allegedly contained 340 grams of suspected fentanyl. The street value of the find was around $24,000.

More search warrants were requested at Looney’s home on Belmont Street and his parent’s home on Manchester Street. Later that afternoon, police allegedly located 19 Alprazolam pills, three Methadone Hydrochloride, pills and $1,280 at the Belmont Street apartment as well as 20.5 Suboxone strips, eight Alprazolam pills, and 35 Methadone Hydrochloride pills inside the Manchester Street barn, according to O’Keefe.