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Law officers make major cocaine bust in county

Hammond

Law officers seized 4½ pounds of cocaine and $1,950 cash after they observed drugs while serving an arrest warrant at 13 Cureton Place off Asheville Highway near I-26 last Thursday.

The Asheville Police Department requested the assistance of the Henderson County Sheriff's Office’s Drug Enforcement Team in apprehending fugitive Boevino Antwane Hammond, 36, at his Cureton Place residence. A state grand jury in Buncombe County indicted Hammond on multiple felony drug trafficking charges. When the sheriff's office SWAT team and drug enforcement deputies executed a search warrant at 13 Cureton Place, deputies saw drugs in plain view.

After arresting Hammond on the outstanding charges from Buncombe County and securing the residence, Henderson County detectives obtained a search warrant based on the plain view observations. During the subsequent execution of the search warrant, detectives seized approximately 4.6 pounds of cocaine, more than 10 grams of marijuana and $1,950 cash.

Asheville police with assistance from the FBI charged Hammond with three felony counts each of Trafficking Cocaine by Possession, Trafficking Cocaine by Transport, Selling Cocaine, possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Cocaine
and Possession of Cocaine.

Hammond was charged in Henderson County on felony counts of Conspiracy to Trafficking Cocaine, Trafficking in Cocaine,  Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Conspiracy to Sell/Deliver Schedule VI Controlled Substance, Maintain Vehicle/Dwelling/Place for Controlled Substance and misdemeanor counts of Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia and Misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.

Hammond was jailed in Buncombe County under a $438,000 bond.

 

Dalton Britney RoseDalton Britney RoseBritney Rose Dalton, 29, who was also at the residence, was charged with felony counts of conspiracy to Trafficking Cocaine,  Trafficking in Cocaine, Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell and Deliver Cocaine, Possession with Intent to Manufacture, Sell and Deliver Marijuana, Conspiracy to Sell/Deliver Schedule VI Controlled Substance and Maintain Vehicle/Dwelling/Place for Controlled Substance, and misdemeanor counts of Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Dalton was released from the Henderson County Jail after posting a $155,000 secured bond.