Asheville Joint Operations Leads to Arrests & Drug Seizure
By Marge | Published 2025-08-20T17:35:05.555+00:00
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Asheville -- August 20, 2025: On Tuesday afternoon, the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Major Case and Street Crimes Unit of the Asheville Police Department collaborated to apprehend two individuals and confiscate a significant quantity of drugs.
Around 1:29 p.m. on August 19, APD detectives contacted Takeia Vanessa Davis (12/07/1980) and Karriam Habar Taylor (06/18/1976) while working in tandem with the SBI. It was discovered that Davis and Taylor were carrying hidden stolen firearms when they were apprehended. After more research, a search warrant was obtained for a home on Cordova Street, where a significant quantity of cash, another firearm, and a trafficking quantity of drugs were found. When the search was conducted, the unoccup