Press release from Asheville Police Department:
Asheville Police Department officers arrested a man on drug trafficking charges early Saturday morning while investigating a reported breaking and entering in west Asheville.
Officers responded to a report of someone breaking into a motor vehicle on Crowell Road around 3:00 a.m. on November 16th. Upon arrival, officers located the described vehicle and made contact with the occupant, Joshua Randy Queen (01/31/1985). During the investigation, Queen was found to be in possession of a trafficking amount of fentanyl, and other drugs.
Seized:
7.5 grams Fentanyl
10.13 grams Methamphetamine
Arrested:
Joshua Randy Queen (01/31/1985)
-Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell or Deliver Schedule II x2
-Trafficking Fentanyl
-Maintaining a Vehicle or Dwelling for Drugs
-Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
Queen was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $10,000 (or $1,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.
If you have any information about illegal drug activity, you are encouraged to contact APD at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville Police” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.
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