Asheville Police Charge Man with Drug Trafficking

Asheville -- November 18, 2024: Officers from the Asheville Police Department apprehended a man on

drug trafficking charges early Saturday morning while investigating 

a reported breaking and entering incident in West Asheville.

Officers arrived at the scene following a report of an individual attempting to break into a motor vehicle on Crowell Road at approximately 3:00 a.m. on November 16th. Upon arrival, authorities identified the specified vehicle and engaged with the occupant, Joshua Randy Queen (01/31/1985). During the inquiry, Queen was discovered to possess a trafficking quantity of fentanyl and other narcotics.

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. 

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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