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One Man Under Arrest After Police find Herion Hidden in his Buttocks

By: Jayne Ann Bugda

Updated: January 16, 2013

Scranton, Lackawanna County- A Scranton man is facing charges for stashing heroin in his rear-end.
   Police say 33 year old Nathan Manigo was arrested while trying to deliver the drug on Luzerne Street in the city's West Side Tuesday night.
    Officers found 23 bags of heroin hidden in his buttocks.
    Manigo had just been released from state prison and now faces more felony drug charges

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