Asheville Law Enforcement Arrest Man on Multiple Narcotics Charges

Asheville -- May 21, 2022: Asheville Police announced detectives and officers from the Asheville Police Department worked together Thursday afternoon in west Asheville to apprehend a drug trafficker.

Cordero Burgin, a suspect wanted on many crimes, was apprehended by the APD team in the 200 block of Deaverview Road. Burgin tried on foot to flee the officers, but was unsuccessful. He was arrested, detained on the warrant charges, and charged with trafficking a large amount of suspected fentanyl, methamphetamine, and MDMA (ecstasy).

Cordero Domonique Burgin (1/8/1988) was charged with the following:
• Trafficking in Methamphetamine
• Trafficking in Opium/Heroin
• Trafficking in MDMA
• Possession with intent to Sell or Deliver Methamphetamine
• Possession with intent to Sell or Deliver Opium/Heroin
• Possession with intent to Sell or Deliver MDMA
• Possession with intent to Sell or Deliver Cocaine
• Resist, Delay or Obstruct
• Possession of Drug Paraphernalia
• Warrant: Assault by Strangulation
• Warrant: Assault on a Female
• Order for Arrest: Driving while Impaired
• Order for Arrest: Driving while License Revoked
Seized:
• 44.65 grams of methamphetamine
• 28.3 grams of MDMA
• 4.41 grams of fentanyl
• 10.65 grams of crack cocaine
He was transported to the Buncombe County Detention Facility for booking; he has a secured bond of $185,000.
If you have information about illegal gun or drug activity, you are encouraged to contact APD at (828) 252-1110. Or you send an anonymous tip using the TIP2APD smartphone application (search "Asheville PD" in your app store) or by texting TIP2APD to 847411.

Editor's Note:* A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.

Wnctimes by Marjorie Farrington