Asheville Police Charge Man with Drug Trafficking Charges

Asheville --  During proactive crime prevention on Wednesday night in West Asheville, officers from the Asheville Police Department apprehended a man on narcotics trafficking charges.

At approximately 9:20 p.m. on May 22, officers arrived at Deaverview Road and spoke with Warren Daryl Brathwaite (08/24/1969).  

They discovered crack cocaine, fentanyl, and a trafficking quantity of opium in his possession.  Brathwaite was apprehended without incident.

Seized:

37g of fentanyl

14.68g of crack cocaine

$7,442.00 in US currency

Arrested:

Warren Daryl Brathwaite (08/24/1969) 

(F) Level III Trafficking of Opium by Transport

(F) Level III Trafficking of Opium by Possession

(F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Cocaine

(F) Possession With Intent to Manufacture Sell Deliver Fentanyl

(F) Maintaining a Vehicle for Controlled Substance

(F) Manufacture Sell Deliver Possess Controlled Substance within 1000ft of a park x2

(F) Felony Possession Schedule II x2 

(M) Traffic Violations

Brathwaite was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $200,000 (or $20,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Editor's Note: A  criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

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