Nine Arrested in Drug Den Raid

MANCHESTER, NH — After a three-week investigation in heroin and crack cocaine dealing on Orange Street, police in Manchester raided a multi-family building on Orange Street and arrested nine on charges. Arrested on Nov. 10, 2016, were William Pellot Sosa, 29, for falsifying physical evidence (firearm) resisting arrest/sale controlled drug; Juan Cortes, 29, for falsifying physical evidence (firearm) resisting arrest/arrest warrant sale controlled drug; Charles Teague, 44, for sale controlled drug; Nicholas Crawford, 23, for sale controlled drug; Scott Richards, 30, sale controlled drug/warrant other agency; Glenn Woodward, 055, for resisting arrest/detention; Aaron Perry, 35, for warrant other agency; Cassandra Asiaf, 26, for warrant other agency; and Charles Ali, 30, for warrant – contempt of court/possession controlled drug.

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According to police, the investigation started about three weeks ago and center on street level distribution of heroin and crack cocaine, allegedly from several people residing on two apartments on Orange Street.

“Information was also developed that various individuals associated with this investigation were in possession of firearms and that the location contained multiple individuals ranging from customers to various source level individuals,” according to Sgt. Murphy of the Manchester Police Department.

At 1:30 p.m. the special enforcement division and SWAT team executed a search warrant at the apartments and reportedly encountered 18 people, including an 18-month child, according to police. During the warrant execution phase, two firearms were allegedly thrown from the address, according to Murphy.

Two individuals allegedly failed to comply with the police commands to leave a bedroom after the building was evacuated so officers deployed a CS gas canister and the individuals reported exited the bedroom, according to the report.

During the search warrant, police allegedly seized a Smith-Wesson 9mm handgun with a full cartridge, a .38 caliber North American handgun, $3,206 in cash, 3.6 grams of crack cocaine, two Suboxone strips, 25 Alprazolam pills and one Clonazepam pill, according to police.