Manchester Drug Bust “Biggest In Recent Memory”

(Manchester,N.H.) - Police in Manchester, New Hampshire, say the shooting of a woman last week has led to three drug arrests and the seizure of heroin, fentanyl, guns and over $200,000.

On June 22,  24 year old Jeannette Hardy of Manchester was shot in her apartment in an attempted home invasion. Hardy was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at the time. Police who responded found nearly 2,000 grams of heroin in her apartment, which sparked an investigation involving multiple law enforcement agencies, including the Massachusetts State Police, the Manchester, NH, Police Department, and the New England Division of the Drug Enforcement Agency.Over four days, officials seized 22 kilograms of heroin and Fentanyl, worth more than $2 million in street value. Police also arrested three people, seized four handguns, two vehicles and $226,000 in cash. Officials also discovered an underground manufacturing plant operating out of a home in Lawrence, Mass. Hardy was charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute. Two other men, 33 year old  Luis Nieves of Haverhill, Mass., and 37 year old  Jose C. Casellas of Lawrence, Mass. were also arrested and face drug charges.