Crime & Safety

Nashua Man Faces Reckless Driving, Drug Charges in Merrimack

Police said search of car turned up drugs after Duane Wayne Forster was clocked going 108 miles per hour on Everett Turnpike.

Merrimack Police said search of car turned up drugs after Duane Wayne Forster was clocked going 108 miles per hour on Everett Turnpike.
Merrimack Police said search of car turned up drugs after Duane Wayne Forster was clocked going 108 miles per hour on Everett Turnpike. (Merrimack Police Department)

NASHUA, NH — A Nashua man was arrested on reckless driving and drug charges early Sunday morning after he was clocked going 108 miles per hour on the Everett Turnpike. Merrimack Police pulled over Duane Wayne Forster, 44, for speeding more than 40 miles per hour over the limit shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday morning.

Merrimack Police said a search of Forster's car turned up a controlled substance. He was charged with Class B felony possession of a controlled drug, Class A misdemeanor transportation of a controlled drug and reckless driving.

He was released on personal recognizance and scheduled to appear in Hillsborough Superior Court South on Oct. 17.

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