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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