ASHEVILLE — Police have arrested a Webb Cove Road resident who they say manufactured more than 30 pounds of marijuana intended for distribution.

Richard Carter Rakestraw, 48, faces nine felony drug charges — including two trafficking counts — after police say he manufactured and possessed 31.6 pounds of marijuana, which he kept and sold out of a North Asheville home, according to warrants.

The home that police say Rakestraw used "for keeping and selling controlled substance" is a single-family dwelling located in the 400 block of Windsor Road, less than half a mile northwest of the Country Club of Asheville and about 4 miles from Rakestraw's Webb Cove Road home, warrants stated.

Among Rakestraw's nine felony drug charges are two conspiracy counts. In his arrest warrants, police allege that Rakestraw conspired with Shawn Ivy Barry, 44, to traffic in marijuana and to "sell and deliver" marijuana resin.

Barry was arrested last week on 10 drug charges — which, like Rakestraw's, included two trafficking in marijuana counts. Both men also face possession with intent to manufacture, sell or distribute counts.

Rakestraw is in custody at the Buncombe County Detention Center, where he is being held in lieu of $100,000 secured bond. Barry, according to jail records, has been released on bond.