Police Arrest Seven More People in Drug Sweep

Portsmouth Police arrested seven additional suspects and have active arrest warrants for five more Portsmouth area residents as a result of a March 13 drug sweep.

In all, Portsmouth Police Lt. Michael Maloney said in a press release police arrested 16 people who face charges ranging from sale or controlled narcotic drugs to drug possession. . Maloney said all of the drug arrests involved the sale or possession of marijuana, heroin or prescription drugs.

According to police, the five additional people who were arrested are:

• Cameron Brown, 22, of 1338 Woodbury Ave., in Portsmouth for felony count of sale of a controlled drug and being a fugitive from justice in Maine;
• Eric House, 32, 22 Harding Road, Portsmouth, two felony counts of sale of a controlled drug;
• William Severns, 31, of 109 Indigo Hill Road, Unit 2, in Somersworth, two felony counts of sale of a controlled drug;
• Ryan Lynch, 35, of 10 Shauna Lane in North Berwick, Maine, three counts of sale of a controlled narcotic drug and being a fugitive from justice in Maine;
• Nicholas Zucconi, 31, of 836 Lafayette Road in Hampton, three misdemeanor counts of possession of a controlled drug and one felony count of conspiracy to possession a controlled drug;
• Drew Wade, 23, of 450 Long John Road, Rye, four felony counts of sale of a controlled narcotic drug;
• Joseph Collins, 37, no fixed address, felony count of sale of a controlled narcotic drug and being a fugitive from justice in Maine.

Police have active arrest warrants for the following individuals:

• Arthur Boudreau, 48, of 161 Newington Roa,d Unit 4, in Greenland for a felony count of sale of a controlled drug;
• Eric Warcewicz, 35, of 33 Farm Lane in Seabrook for two felony counts of sale of a controlled drug;
• Alexandra Vandorn, 25, 1028 Lilac Lane in Dover for a felony count of sale of a controlled drug;
  
• Tara Senter, 29, of 235 Lowell St., Apt. 2, in Manchester for a misdemeanor of driving after suspension and a felony count of conspiracy to possess a controlled drug;
• Mark Mauger, 25, of 25 Springtree Lane in South Berwick, Maine, for a felony count of sale of a controlled drug. 

"The Portsmouth Police Department continues to aggressively target street level sales of drugs along with other drug related activity. With the recent upswing in violent crimes in the City the police department will maintain its active approach in arresting those responsible for drug related offenses as is more often the case, crimes of violence, robberies etc. are often drug related," reads the Portsmouth Police press release.

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