Crime & Safety
Nashua Drug Dealer Hid Cache In Electric Car Compartment: Police
Police said Ruben Gomez hid cocaine, oxycodone and a 9 mm pistol in an electronic compartment in his car.
NASHUA, NH — An armed drug dealer from Lawrence, Massachusetts was arrested in Nashua Thursday, police said. Ruben Gomez was found with 130 grams of cocaine — among other drugs — and a 9 mm pistol, according to Nashua police Lt. Kevin Rourke.
On Thursday, police executed a search warrant on Gomez's vehicle, Rourke said. Inside they found the cocaine, 50 oxycodone pills, 35 amphetamine pills, 12 clonazepam pills and the gun, which were hidden in an electronic compartment, Rourke said.
Rourke said Gomez was involved in "interstate narcotics sales." Gomez was charged with:
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- Selling cocaine
- Selling oxycodone
- Amphetamine possesson
- Clonazepam possession
- Illegal use a gun
Gomez was held on $75,000 bail pending an arraignment.
Photo: Ruben Gomez and the guns and drugs police said they seized from his vehicle in Nashua on February 23, 2017. (Credit: Nashua Police Department)
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