Three busted for illegal drugs after police raid Niagara Falls house

Three men, all under the age of 20, were busted today (October 20) when police searched a Niagara Falls house and found over $40,000 worth of illegal narcotics.

Niagara Police had been watching a home in the Allendale Avenue and Main Street area of the city throughout the month before raiding it today and finding 367.1 grams of suspected fentanyl, 21.9 grams of suspected cocaine, one Mossberg shotgun, one .22 caliber handgun, 172 shotgun bullets, and one .22 caliber bullet.

The combined estimated value of the drugs seized is $40,400.

Ethan MacNeil, 19, (no address given) has been charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, five various charges regarding possession of a firearm without a licence, another count of firearm possession during probation and careless storage and lastly, failure to comply with a release order.

Trya-Lee Leitch,18, of Bridgetown, Ontario is charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, five various counts regarding possession of the firearm without a licence, another regarding careless of that firearm and possession of crime cash under $5,000.

Lucas Orcutt, 19, (no address given) has charged with possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking, five various charges regarding possession of a firearm without a licence and possession of crime cash under $5,000.

The trio were held for a bail hearing today (October 20) via video link to the courthouse in St. Catharines.  All three have been remanded into the custody of Ontario Correctional Services.

Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact detectives at 905-688-4111, dial option #3, extension #1022200.