Police seize cash, guns, drugs during traffic stop

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Items found during execution of a search warrant of Dominic Chalifoux’s vehicle on Sept. 5. MPD

MANCHESTER, NH – Members of the Manchester Police Special Enforcement Division arrested a man wanted on an outstanding warrant for sale of controlled drug during a motor vehicle stop on Sept. 5.

Detectives Christian Horn and Eric Joyal noticed Dominic Chalifoux, 21, of Manchester driving a Chevrolet Cruz near his O’Malley Street home at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, so they stopped his vehicle and arrested him without incident.

Chalifoux

They also had a search warrant for his vehicle, so after removing Chalifoux and a passenger, who was not charged, Sgt.Chris Sanders located a fully loaded Magnum 357 on the floorboard in front of the driver’s seat.

The 357 Magnum handgun was reported stolen out of Berlin on August 24, 2017. Detective Derek Feather located another handgun as he drove the vehicle on to the flatbed tow truck. A Llama 9mm handgun slid out from underneath the driver’s seat, so it was seized and placed into evidence. The 9mm handgun was not reported stolen.

Detectives from the Special Enforcement Division completed a thorough search of the vehicle once it arrived at police headquarters. Inside, they located a small plastic box with three envelopes (total 3.3 grams) containing a substance believed to be butane honey oil (BHO), a product made from extracting high concentrations of THC from a marijuana plant.

They also located 1.9 grams of crack cocaine from the driver’s door, 16.1 grams of marijuana from the center console, as well as an additional 34.1 grams of marijuana from the trunk. Detectives also seized a total of $2,839. cash from both Chalifoux and his vehicle.

Chalifoux was charged with sale of a controlled drug, on a warrant and scheduled to appear in Hillsborough County Superior Court-North on September 6, 2017. He was also charged with two counts felon in possession of a firearm, receiving/possessing stolen property, possession of a controlled drug (crack) and possession of controlled drug (marijuana) with intent to distribute.

 

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This press release was issued by Manchester, NH, Police Department.