7 arrested at Nashua home during drug bust
Seven people have been arrested at 74 Lock St., Nashua, following narcotics investigations that began in fall 2023, Nashua police said.
On Wednesday, the Nashua department's Narcotics Intelligence Division and Problem Oriented Policing Unit and the Hudson Police served a search warrant at 74 Lock St. for the crime of common nuisances. Various quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, crack cocaine, Buprenophine and Naloxone were seized by police.
NH law states that any place that is used by drug-dependent persons for the purpose of illegally using, keeping or selling controlled drugs is deemed a common nuisance.
The following people were inside when the warrant was executed. They were taken into custody, pending their arraignment in Nashua's 9th Circuit Court this month, authorities said.
• Jessica Berube, 38, of 74 Lock St., was arrested and charged with sale of a controlled drug (methamphetamine), subsequent offense, special felony, and resisting arrest/detention, class A misdemeanor. Berube was released on personal recognizance bail pending her arraignment on May 29.
• Andrew Sanders, 40, of no fixed address in Nashua, was arrested and charged with possession of controlled drug (fentanyl), subsequent offense, class A felony. Sanders was held on cash bail and was transported to the Hillsborough County House of Corrections pending his arraignment on May 1.
• Ashley Lavoie, 30, of 74 Lock St., was arrested and charged with possession of controlled drug (fentanyl), subsequent offense, class A felony. Lavoie was released on $250 cash bail pending her arraignment May 28.
• Anileah Buswell, 25, and Rodney Maulding, 38, both of 74 Lock St., Dustin Richards, 33, of Prospect St. and Noreen Mainguy, 61, of no fixed address, were arrested and charged with resisting arrest/detention, a class A misdemeanor. They were released on personal recognizance bail pending arraignment at the 9th Circuit – District Division – Nashua Court on May 29.
More arrests are expected as a result of this investigation, police said. Anyone with further information related to these cases or knowledge of other illegal drug activity is asked to call the Nashua Police Crime Line at 603-589-1665.
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