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$45,000+ in Drugs in St. Catharines House

Thursday, 21 May 2026 17:15

By Geoff Waterfield

Supplied by NRP

A 36-year old charged

More fentanyl, cocaine and hydromorphone taken off the streets of Niagara.

Police started looking into some drug trafficking earlier this month, and today they searched a home in the Welland Avenue and Geneva Street area of St. Catharines.

They found:

  • Loaded Glock 45 firearm
  • Firearm Ammunition
  • 352.5 grams of suspected fentanyl (estimated value of $35,250)
  • 250 tablets of suspected Dilaudid (estimated value of $5,000)
  • 73.4 grams of suspected cocaine (estimated value of $6,600)
  • $7742 in CAD
  • $91 in USD

Police arrested 36-year old Jeremy Butterworth of St. Catharines:

  • Possession of a firearm without holding a license
  • Careless storage of a firearm
  • Possession of a weapon
  • Possession of a loaded firearm
  • Possession of a prohibited/restricted firearm
  • Unauthorized possession of a firearm
  • Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5000
  • Possession of a firearm contrary to prohibition order
  • Possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking (Fentanyl)
  • Possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking (Cocaine)
  • Possession of a schedule 1 substance for the purpose of trafficking (Hydromorphone)

He had a bail hearing today.

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