Police yesterday arrested a New Hampshire man in the area for a Phish concert whom they said took LSD in front of an officer before being arrested for selling balloons filled with laughing gas to guests at his hotel.

Police yesterday arrested a New Hampshire man in the area for a Phish concert whom they said took LSD in front of an officer before being arrested for selling balloons filled with laughing gas to guests at his hotel.

Police arrested 25-year-old Hunter Moore at 1 p.m. in room 234 of the Econo Lodge Inn & Suites on Southwest Cutoff, according to a press release.

“(Moore) and several other guests were staying at the local motel for the weekend as they were attending the Phish concert in Worcester (last night),” police wrote. “Mr. Moore had a nitrous oxide tank in his motel room where he was filling the balloons and selling them to other guests of the hotel.”

Normally used as an anesthetic, nitrous oxide produces a euphoric effect when inhaled recreationally.

Sgt. William Griffin said when plainclothes officers were speaking with Moore before his arrest, he took out a small tab police believe is LSD from a baggie in his wallet and placed it in his mouth.

They then witnessed several of the balloon transactions, at which time he was arrested.

Moore, of 30 Greenview Drive Apt. 39, Manchester, was charged with possession of LSD and possession, distribution and sale of a noxious fume.

Griffin said a bail clerk was on his or her way to the department’s lockup at about 5:30 p.m. He said bail likely wouldn’t be too high as the man was caught with a small amount of LSD.

“He might make it to the concert,” Griffin said. It was scheduled to start 7:30 last night at Worcester’s DCU Center.

Moore is due to be arraigned Monday in Westborough District Court, Griffin said.