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Police Dismantle Hidden Drug Lab

Thursday, 4 September 2025 12:28

By Geoff Waterfield

The NRP was called to a Niagara Falls mall over the weekend concerning a smell coming from a business

Police have taken apart a secret drug lab in Niagara Falls, and charged a local man with drug trafficking.

Police showed up early Saturday afternoon to a mall in the Portage Road and Colborne Street area, after a business reported a smell coming from a neighbouring business.

Once the fire department found the hidden lab, police used a search warrant the next day and found:

  • 1,020.4 grams of suspected Crystal Methamphetamine (Value: $18,000)
  • 84.4 grams of suspected Crack Cocaine (Value: $8400)
  • 73.2 grams of suspected Cocaine (Value: $7300)
  • 15.9 grams of suspected MDMA (Value: $160)
  • $10,530 in Canadian Currency

Yesterday police charged 32-year old Kristopher Burnett-Ackerman, who remained in police custody pending a bail hearing today.

  • Production of a Schedule I Substance (Crack Cocaine)
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Crystal Methamphetamine)
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Crack Cocaine)
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (Cocaine)
  • Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (MDMA)
  • Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000

 

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