Crime & Safety

Another Day, Another Big NH Heroin Bust

Enforcement division allegedly bags Manchester man with more than 100 grams of the drug.

On March 3, the New Hampshire State Police and Manchester’s drug enforcement unit, along with Massachusetts State Police, made arrests and took more than 300 grams of heroin off the streets of New Hampshire.

The next day, police made another big bust.

Detectives inside the Manchester Police Enforcement Division initiated a motor vehicle stop of a Honda Accord operated by Donald Thibeault, 24, of Manchester, as part of an “ongoing drug investigation.” The stop occurred at the Taco Bell on South Willow Street at around 9:30 p.m. on March 4, 2015.

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According to a report, the police allegedly found a small amount of crack cocaine and he was charged with possession along with another pending charge of sale of a controlled drug, heroin, for a past alleged sale incident to an undercover officer.

The next day, detectives executed a search warrant of Thibeault’s Honda and allegedly found 101 grams of heroin, with an approximated street value of $10,000, in the vehicle, and an additional charge of possession of intent to distribute was issued.

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Thibeault was arraigned on the charges in Manchester District Court.

Editor’s note: This post was derived from information supplied by the Manchester Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a New Hampshire Patch police report.

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