St. Catharines
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Two Warrants, a Queenston Street Residence and a BMW SUV: Niagara’s 1 District Street Crime Unit Charges Iverson Kalombo, 20, of Thorold With Three Trafficking Counts Over 290 Grams of Suspected Fentanyl (October 2, 2026)
Niagara police say search warrants for a Queenston Street residence in St. Catharines and a BMW SUV produced 290 grams of suspected fentanyl, 188 grams of suspected cocaine and $2,000 in cash. Iverson Kalombo, 20, of Thorold is charged with Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking (3 counts) and Possession…
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Two of the Three Are Now Walking on Undertakings, the Third Accused Is Not Charged With Touching Any of the Money, and a Second Incident Number Has Appeared That Was Not There in September: Niagara Names Jason Asante, 30, of Toronto (September 17, 2026)
The Niagara Regional Police Service published Update #1 on Thursday, September 17, 2026, naming a third accused in the Thorold and Welland search warrants of September 1. Jason Asante, 30, of Toronto was arrested in St. Catharines on Wednesday, September 16 by detectives with the 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) Street Crime Unit and charged with…
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A Closure Order Is a Locked Door, Not a Finished File: Niagara Police Went Back to the Welland Storefront After a Break-In and Arrested the Same Man Again, With Another Nineteen Thousand in Tobacco and Hallucinogens (Originally Reported September 4, 2026)
This file was reported on Friday, September 4, 2026 and is not a story that broke today. The OPP-led Provincial Joint Forces Cannabis Enforcement Team and the Niagara Regional Police Service have closed two unauthorized storefronts in Niagara and laid charges against two people across three search warrants in June, July and August 2026. Police…
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Nine Accused, Seven Incident Numbers and Three Suspects Who Drove In From Burlington and Ancaster: Niagara’s 1 District CORE Unit Publishes the Results of Its ‘Street to Source’ Initiative in Downtown St. Catharines (August 26, 2026)
Niagara Regional Police published this file on Wednesday, August 26, 2026. In July 2026 the 1 District CORE Unit, working with the 1 District Street Crime Unit, began an initiative called Street to Source aimed at individuals trafficking narcotics to vulnerable populations in downtown St. Catharines. The force states that the concurrent Open-Air Drug Use…