By Nathan Duke
Staff Writer

Cash totaling $30,000, along with five pounds of marijuana with an estimated $15,000 street value and two guns were found by police during a search of a Wallace Road home in Goffstown on Tuesday, March 8. Three men were arrested and face felony charges of possession of a controlled drug with the intent to distribute. Police say the three were probably selling the drugs thoughout the greater Manchester area. (Nathan Duke Photo)

Three local men were arrested after members of the Goffstown police and the New Hampshire Drug Task Force searched a Goffstown residence and seized large quantities of drugs, money and guns.

During a snowstorm on Tuesday, March 8, police executed a search warrant at 364 Wallace Road at 2:21 p.m. and arrested the men.

Police confiscated $30,000 in cash, five pounds of marijuana with an estimated $15,000 street value and two guns – a 9mm handgun and a Mossberg 12-gauge pump shotgun.

Arrested were Kristopher Angove, 18, Real Bureau, 23, and Adam Freije, 18. All three are Goffstown residents. Bureau and Angove are originally from Lowell, Mass.

The men had been renting the house for about nine months, said police.

Detective Neil Nicholson said the house on Wallace Road had been under investigation for several months. There had been a previous noise complaint that brought police to the house, where they noticed marijuana residue. Residents gave police anonymous tips that drugs were being sold out of the house.

"At this particular bust, we were able to arrest the largest supplier in Goffstown, which is fantastic," said Nicholson. "These (men) were more than street-level dealers. They were likely distributing throughout the greater Manchester area."

All three suspects were charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute, which is a felony offense, Nicholson said.

If convicted, the men could possibly face seven to 15 years in jail. All three were held on $100,000 cash bail by Judge Michael Ryan and arraigned at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 9.

Nicholson said he hopes the arrest sends a message to area drug dealers.

"One individual we arrested said he moved up from Lowell because (Goffstown) is a quaint little town," he said. "We hope this arrest will be a message: We don’t want his house of destruction here. This won’t be tolerated in Goffstown."

The 9mm handgun confiscated was registered to someone else living in the house, said police. Registration for the Mossberg shotgun is still being investigated.

Goffstown Police Capt. Glenn DuBois said the election-day arrests will probably lead to further arrests. He praised the efforts of the various law enforcement agencies involved in the drug bust.

"There was a lot of good work done by my detectives, Goffstown police and the New Hampshire Drug Task Force," he said.

Real Bureau was also charged with two class A misdemeanors – resisting detention and unsworn falsification.

He was also wanted by Lowell police for failure to appear on charges of drug distribution near a school, several counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest, felonious destruction of property and destruction of property.