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Law officers shut down Dana Road 'drug house'

By Lightning Reports, Published: August 22, 2020

Detectives with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office and other law officers closed down what they described as a drug house after seizing more than 2 pounds of heroin, more than a pound of pot and six firearms, the shierff's office said.

Jordan StatonThe Drug Task Force detectives with assistance from Department of Homeland Security officers and U.S. Postal Service detectives executed a search warrant at 1494 Dana Road. The search warrant stemmed from an investigation detectives had been conducting on the residence. As a result of search warrant detectives seized 2.15 pounds of black tar heroin, 1.25 pounds of marijuana, six firearms and two suppressors and $1,000 in cash.
Juan VeraDetectives arrested two individuals as a result of their investigation and execution of the search warrant.
Juan Vera and Jordan Staton, both of Hendersonville, were arrested and charged with trafficking in opium heroin. They were jailed at the Henderson County Detention Center under a $1.5 million secured bond. The investigation is ongoing and additional warrants for both Vera and Staton will likely be issued, the sheriff's office said.

The half-acre lot on Dana Road contains a 900-square foot stone house built in 1941. The property valued for tax purposes at $64,400.