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Drug trafficking suspect hit with laundry list of felony charges

Drug trafficking suspect hit with laundry list of felony charges

Jacob Lee Beasley, 36, was arrested by Asheville Police Department officers today, Thursday, May 21. Photo: Contributed/Buncombe County Detention Facility


ASHEVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) — Jacob Lee Beasley, 36, was arrested by Asheville Police Department officers today on 12 different charges, many for drug trafficking.

According to an APD press release, Beasley was apprehended by officers during proactive crime prevention patrol on Asheville Housing Authority property.

Officers took Beasley into custody around 1:31 a.m., Thursday, May 21 at the Ashton Park Garden Apartments.

Jacob Lee Beasley charges

Beasley was booked into the Buncombe County Detention Facility under no bond by a magistrate.

If you have any information about illegal drug activity, please contact APD at (828) 252-1110. You can also send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search “Asheville PD” in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.

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