Thorold drug bust nets hundreds of thousands in seized narcotics, one arrested

Niagara Regional Police have made a major drug bust in Thorold.

Detectives with the Street Crime Unit executed a warrant on Lundy’s Lane April 16th, arresting 37-year-old Matt Gendron.

Police say they seized large quantities of suspected cocaine, MDMA, oxycodone, psilocybin, cannabis, and cash, with a total street value in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

During the search the following items were located and seized:

  • 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 $127520)
  • 121 x 1 gram vape pens (value $4235)
  • 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 $6280)
  • 1 kilogram of suspected cannabis distillate (value $20000)
  • $5533 of currency

Gendron faces multiple trafficking charges and has been released with a future court date.