Asheville Police Arrest Two on Drug Trafficking Charges

Asheville -- May 10, 2024: Press Release: Asheville Police Department officers arrest two on drug trafficking charges

Wednesday evening in west Asheville. 

While conducting proactive enforcement in the area of Haywood Road around 7:27 p.m. on May 9th officers encountered a vehicle bearing fictitious tags. During the traffic stop the occupants were found to be in possession of a trafficking amount of fentanyl. Both the driver Megan Grace Ward Stackable (07/27/1999) and the passenger Dustin Ray Norton (03/08/97), were taken into custody without incident.   

Seized:

11.48g of fentanyl

5DU of ecstasy 

Arrested:

Dustin Ray Norton 

-Trafficking Opium 

-Felony Possession of Schedule I 

-Felony Possession of Schedule II

Norton was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $40,000 (or $4,000 to a bondsman) secured bond issued by a magistrate.

Megan Grace Ward Stackable 

-Felony Maintain a Vehicle for Controlled Substances 

-Possess Drug Paraphernalia 

-Fictitious Tag

Stackable was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under a $20,000 (or $2,000 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 “APD” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.

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.