Buncombe County Sheriff's: Fairview Man Arrested for Drug Trafficking

Buncombe County -- Buncombe County Sheriff's Office  (December 18, 2021) –

Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office Seizes ⅔ Pound of Methamphetamine, Arrests Fairview Man for Drug Trafficking

BCAT agents with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office have charged Joshua Allan Grubb of Fairview with numerous charges related to drug trafficking. On Friday, the Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a residence at 1052 Charlotte Highway in Fairview. 

The Sheriff’s Office seized a total of 11.21 ounces of methamphetamine (.70 pounds), 7 grams of fentanyl, MDMA, a Bryco Arms 9 pistol and $3,200 in U.S. currency.

During the execution of the warrant Grubb was taken into custody without incident. This remains an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking networks in Buncombe County.

Mr. Grubb is being held on a $300,000 bond and is charged with the following:

- Level III Trafficking in Methamphetamine by Possession
- Trafficking in Fentanyl by Possession
- Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sale or Deliver Methamphetamine
- Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sale or Deliver Fentanyl
- Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sale or Deliver MDMA
- Two counts of Maintaining a Vehicle or Dwelling for the Purposes of Controlled Substances
- Two counts of Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
A Level III drug trafficking charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 225 months in prison. Mr. Grubb also faces drug trafficking charges from an arrest made earlier this year.
Thank you to SCET and other units within the Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in executing the search warrant.
“The Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office will continue to work to dismantle high-level drug trafficking operations in our community, ” says Buncombe County Sheriff Quentin Miller.

Joshua Allan Grubb 

*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.

Photos: Buncombe County Sheriff's