Niagara police arrest Thorold man in $500K drug bust

Police have seized over $500,000 worth of illicit substances and charged a 37-year-old Thorold man following a drug trafficking investigation.

On April 16, officers executed a search warrant at a Lundy’s Lane address in Thorold.

As a result, Matt Gendron was arrested and charged with the following offences:

• Possession of Cannabis for the Purpose of Distributing
• Possession of Proceeds of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000
• Possess Schedule I Substance for Trafficking (cocaine)
• Possess Schedule I Substance for Trafficking (opioid oxycodone)
• Possess Schedule I Substance for Trafficking
• Possession of a Schedule III Substance for the Purpose of Trafficking

Investigators located and seized the following items:

• 4 kilograms of suspected cocaine (value $80,000)
• 751.9 grams of suspected MDMA (value $9,000)
• 470 tablets of suspected oxycontin (value $4,700)
• 4.6 kilograms of suspected psilocybin (value $46,180)
• 61 kilograms of suspected dry cannabis (value $250,000)
• 6.3 kilograms of suspected hard/brick hashish (value $12,7520)
• 121 x 1 gram vape pens (value $4,235)
• 26 grams of suspected shatter individually packaged in 1-gram envelopes (value $520)
• 314 grams of suspected cannabis oil individually packaged in 1-gram envelopes (value $6,280)
• 1 kilogram of suspected cannabis distillate (value $20,000)
• $5,533 of currency

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to contact police at 905-688-4111, option 3, ext. 1009667.

Those wishing to provide information anonymously can do so through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or via their website.

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