NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE
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In December of 2023 Detectives from the 1 District (St. Catharines / Thorold) Avenue Crime Unit of the Niagara Regional Police Service started an investigation into the sale of unlawful medication round Geneva Avenue and Queenston Avenue within the Metropolis of St. Catharines.
The investigation led to the identification of two male suspects. On Dec. 20, 2023 at roughly 11:55 a.m., detectives noticed the males strolling within the space and fashioned grounds to imagine they had been actively engaged in promoting unlawful medication. Detectives approached the males to position them beneath arrest.
Each suspects ran in reverse instructions to keep away from arrest. One of many foot pursuits led to an underground parking facility on Carlisle Avenue the place detectives had been in a position to arrest the suspect. A search of the suspect following his arrest led to the seizure of:
21 Percocet capsules
$1,654 in Canadian forex
Drug trafficking paraphernalia
The second foot pursuit led detectives to a inexperienced area round Geneva Avenue and the 406 Hwy. the place they had been in a position to arrest the suspect. Whereas chasing the suspect he could possibly be seen throwing away a black handgun that had been hidden in his waistband. Detectives recovered a loaded black 9mm semi-automatic Smith & Wesson M&P 9 Protect handgun. A search of the suspect following his arrest led to the seizure of:
23 Oxycodone capsules
$4,280 in Canadian forex
118g of suspected cocaine
Drug trafficking paraphernalia
Adonai Wilson (22 years) of Brampton has been arrested and charged with the legal offences of:
Possession for the Function of Trafficking – Opioid
Possession of Proceeds of Crime Underneath $5,000
Gareth Gavonne Andre Baugh (25 years) of Mississauga has been arrested and charged with the legal offences of:
Carry a Firearm in a Careless Method
Possession of a Restricted Firearm And not using a Licence
Possess a Restricted Firearm Knowingly And not using a Licence
Possession of a Restricted Firearm with Ammunition
Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Trafficking (Cocaine)
Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Trafficking (Oxycodone)
Possession of Proceeds of Crime Underneath $5,000
Fail to Adjust to Launch Order (two counts)
Wilson and Baugh had been held in custody for a video bail listening to to the Robert S. Okay. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines on Dec. 21, 2023.
Anybody with details about this incident is requested to contact the investigating officers by calling 905-688-4111, choice 3, ext. 1009405.
Members of the general public who want to present data anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara on-line or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers affords money rewards to individuals who contact this system with data which results in an arrest.
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