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Buncombe County fentanyl-trafficking charges break record in 2021 (2024)

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The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office and Asheville Police Department in 2021 made arrests with 215 charges related to drug trafficking, including a record number related to fentanyl,an opioid painkiller many times more potent than heroin,according to recent reports.