More than 23 pounds of fentanyl seized in record-breaking drug busts by APD and BCSO

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Two agencies in western North Carolina have seen record-breaking fentanyl busts over the past few weeks, with a combined 23 pounds of fentanyl being taken off the streets.

The Asheville Police Department made its largest fentanyl and cocaine seizure in Buncombe County history following the arrest of Jesse Ogletree Jr. on April 22.

“There was cocaine, there was methamphetamine, there was some heroin, and so it kind of ran the gambit of really serious dangerous drugs,” Deputy Chief Sean Aardema said…

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