Undercover Operation Leads to Heroin Bust

An undercover operation helped police make a big drug bust last week.

Four people were arrested in a raid at the Gosling Meadows public housing complex after police said they sold drugs to an undercover officer. A fifth suspect turned himself in a few hours later.

Those arrested were:

• Delanae Sykes, 30, of 25 Weald Road, was charged with two counts of heroin sales.
• Gregory Watson, 45, of 25 Weald Road, was charged with five counts of heroin sales.
• Caroline Paradis, 43, of 32 Gosling Road, was charged with two counts of heroin sales and one count of possession of a controlled drug.
• Gary Murray, 60, of 25 Weald Road, who was already on probation, was charged with one count of heroin sales.
• Jonathan Barrett, 23, of Lawrence, Mass., was charged with conspiracy to sell heroin.

The suspects appear in court Tuesday and were all ordered held on bail.

"I don't know what to do," Barrett told a judge, saying he's been trying to get sober.

The drug bust was the result of months of investigation after complaints were made by community members, police said.

Members of the Kittery, Maine Police Department and the Rockingham County Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force assisted in the investigation. The investigation was supported by the Portsmouth Housing Authority.

The Seacoast Emergency Response Team helped carry out the raid.