30-Year-Old St. Catharines Man Charged with Drug Trafficking Near a Niagara Falls Shelter

On Monday May 25, 2026, at approximately 3:15 pm, detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) Street Crime Unit (SCU) were in the area of Main Street and Ferry Street, in the city of Niagara Falls, when they observed a male conducting multiple drug transactions on an electric scooter.

The male attended a nearby shelter and was arrested by detectives as he attempted to make another drug transaction.

30-year-old Antonio IULIANI, of St. Catharines was charged with the following offences.

• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Over $5000
• Possession of Schedule 1 Substance for Trafficking (Opioid Fentanyl)
• Possession of Schedule 1 Substance for Trafficking (Cocaine)
• Possession of Schedule 1 Substance for Trafficking Opioid Hydromorphone)

Detectives seized the following items from IULIANI.

• 35.5 grams of suspected fentanyl (estimated value $3,550)
• 14.1 grams of suspected cocaine (estimated value $1,440)
• 42 tablets of suspected Dilaudid (estimated value $420)
• $6,000 of Canadian Currency
• Bear Spray

IULIANI was released with a future court date.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service’s 2 District Street Crime Unit at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009558.

Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously are encouraged to contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information that leads to an arrest.

NRPS Incident 26-63010