Crime & Safety

Two Arrested With 'Substantial Amount' of Heroin, Money

Marissa J. Santos and Robert T. Correale were arrested on Friday.

State police arrested a man and a woman on Interstate 93 Friday after finding a substantial amount of heroin and money inside their car.

The arrest, which took place at 4:36 p.m., was made on the northbound side of the highway after State Trooper Chad Lavoie observed a 2008 Mazda 6 traveling in the emergency breakdown lane.

After Lavoie stopped the vehicle for unsafe operation, the driver of the car, Robert T. Correale, 35, of Lady Lake, Fla. was charged with possession and transportation of narcotic drugs.

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The passenger in the vehicle – Marissa J. Santos, 24, of Berlin, N.H. was determined to have a felony warrant for her arrest for possession of a narcotic drug. She was taken into custody and found to be in possession of more narcotics.

Santos is being held at the Rockingham County Jail for the warrant, a 72-hour probation hold, and for an additional felony charge of possession of a narcotic drug.

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Correale is being held at the Rockingham County Jail on the charge of possession of a narcotic drug with intent to distribute for lack of $5,000 cash bail.

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