On Thursday, 01/23/2025 investigators with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office
Narcotics Division stopped a vehicle traveling along I-40 that was occupied by a suspected narcotics
trafficker. During that stop a K9 alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle. Investigators
located and seized a half pound of fentanyl, $429.00 in US currency and narcotics paraphernalia from the
vehicle.
Candace Yvonne Wright, 29, was arrested and has been charged with Trafficking in Fentanyl by
Possession, Trafficking in Fentanyl by Transportation, Felony Maintaining a Vehicle for the Purpose of
Possessing, Manufacturing, Distributing Controlled Substances, Possession with Intent to Manufacture
Sell or Deliver Controlled Substances and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Wright, a Lenoir resident, is being held under no bond and a has a first appearance in Catawba County
District Court on 01/24/2025.
