Niagara Police seize over $23K worth of drugs from St. Catharines home

Niagara Regional Police have arrested a man and woman for suspected drug trafficking of fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine in St. Catharines.

Detectives arrested 30-year-old Jessica Ashley Fackrell and 24-year-old Donald Blake in the Queenston St. and Eastchester Ave. area Wednesday.

Officers executed a search warrant at a home in the McDonald and Rebecca St. area.

They seized $23,800 worth of fentanyl and crystal methamphetamine, along with $180 in proceeds of crime and a flick knife.

The pair are facing several drug trafficking charges.

Fackrell and Blake were held in custody and scheduled to appear for a video bail hearing today at the Robert S. K. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines.