Marshals Hunting For Alleged Drug Dealer With Guns

UPDATE: 1:34 p.m. on June 8, 2017: Merrimack Police are telling residents that Jonah Couturier could be hiding out in their community. The full information from U.S. Marshals is below:

CONCORD, NH — A Seacoast man is on the lam after a fire at his home, allegedly caused by a drug manufacturing operation, according to U.S. Marshals. Jonah Couturier, 37, is 6 feet, 2 inches tall, weighs 185 lbs., and has brown hair and brown eyes. According to investigators, he has numerous tattoos on his neck, left calf, right shoulder, and wrist.

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Couturier is wanted for reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and possession and manufacturing drugs, including marijuana, LSD, mushrooms, fentanyl, and butane honey oil. A warrant for his arrest was issued by the Seabrook Police Department on May 24, 2017.

“Couturier was last known to reside in Seabrook, NH, but as a result of a fire in the residence caused by his manufacturing of narcotics, his whereabouts are currently unknown,” according to Deputy Jeffrey White of the U.S. Marshals Service.

According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, fire and rescue teams were called to Couturier’s burning Lafayette Road home at around 12:30 a.m. on May 22. He was arrested later on a marijuana possession charge. Police then applied for and were granted search warrants and allegedly seized $280,000 worth of drugs as well as handguns, rifles, and shotguns. Felony charges were filed a day later, according to WMUR-TV, but at that point, Couturier was nowhere to be found.

Report any information to the nearest USMS DISTRICT OFFICE at 603-225-1632, or call 1-877-WANTED-2, or submit a WEB-TIP, or TEXT NHTIP with any information to TIP411.