Drug patrol: 2 more arrests by MPD Special Enforcement Unit for heroin, crack

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MANCHESTER, NH – The Police Department’s Special Enforcement Division continues to combat the opiate/opioid crisis plaguing the Queen City, with vigilance. Officers made two more arrests April 5, including confiscation of several grams of heroin and cocaine.

Maloney
Maloney

Detectives Eric Joyal and Christian Horn observed a 2011 Land Rover turning west on Merrimack Street from Beech Street without using the proper turn signal. The detectives conducted a stop and spoke with the operator, who was not charged, and  passenger Joseph Maloney, 24, of Manchester.

The driver consented to a search of the vehicle, which yielded two .6-gram bags of illegal drugs. One bag contained heroin and the second bag contained crack-cocaine. Detectives allegedly observed Maloney drop an unknown item from his left hand as he rested it on the driver’s side headrest. Two bags were located on the rear floor board directly behind the driver’s seat. Maloney was charged with two counts possession of a controlled drug and one count of falsifying physical evidence. The driver was not charged in the incident.

Rautenburg
Rautenburg

Maloney will appear in the 9th Circuit Court-Manchester on April 6, 2016.

Detectives made a second arrest Tuesday outside of 579 Kimball Street around 7:10 p.m. after receiving information that a male subject identified as Kyle Rautenburg, 24, of Concord, had picked up heroin in Lawrence, Mass., and was going to the Kimball Street address.

Detectives located Rautenburg outside of the address and advised him of the information they received indicating he was in possession of heroin. He provided a cigarette pack containing 2.2 grams of heroin. He was subsequently arrested and charged with possession of a controlled drug. He will appear in the 9th Circuit Court-Manchester on April 6, 2016.

 

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