$78,140 in Illicit Substances Seized in Drug Trafficking Investigation

In February 2026, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 8 District (Grimsby/Lincoln/West Lincoln) Criminal Investigative Branch (CIB) began an investigation into the illegal trafficking of drugs. A male suspect was observed travelling throughout the region and exhibiting behaviour consistent with the illegal trafficking of drugs.

On Tuesday, March 10, at approximately 2:50PM, detectives placed two parties under arrest who were observed conducting mobile drug transactions in a vehicle. Detectives applied for and were subsequently granted judicial search warrants for three addresses and a vehicle. With assistance from 1 District (St Catharines/Thorold) Street Crime Unit (SCU), 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) SCU, Emergency Task Unit (ETU), and the K-9 Unit, the warrants were executed, resulting in the arrest of an additional 3 suspects. The following items were seized:

• 160 grams of suspected fentanyl (street value of $35,200)
• 280 grams of suspected methamphetamine (street value of $28,000)
• 137 grams of suspected cocaine (street value of $13,700)
• 62 tablets of suspected oxycodone (street value of $1,240)
• $8620 Canadian Currency
• 1 Spring-loaded knife

 27-year-old Belaluddin SHAHABUDDIN of Thorold is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Trafficking in Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Methamphetamine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl (2 counts)
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine (2 counts)
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone (2 counts)
• Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Under $5000 (2 counts)
• Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Over $5000
• Possession of a Prohibited Weapon

27-year-old Janelle MCLEOD of Thorold is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Over $5000
• Possession of a Prohibited Weapon

25-year-old Kye CHESHIRE of Niagara Falls is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Oxycodone
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
• Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Under $5000

58-year-old Trevor AVERY of St Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl

54-year-old Terry GRAY of St Catharines is charged with the following criminal offences:

• Trafficking in Scheduled Substance – Methamphetamine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Methamphetamine
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Fentanyl (2 counts)
• Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking – Cocaine
• Possession of Proceeds Obtained by Crime Under $5000

SHAHABUDDIN and CHESHIRE remain in custody and are scheduled to attend a bail hearing on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the Robert S.K. Welch Courthouse, located at 59 Church Street in St. Catharines.

GRAY, MCLEOD, and AVERY were released on Form 10 Undertakings with future court dates.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service at (905) 688-4111, option 3, extension 1009702.

Members of the community who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477(TIPS). Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to people who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.

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