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Fentanyl Bust – Paul CATENA

(GREATER NAPANEE, ON) – A search warrant in Greater Napanee has led to two people facing charges.

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit, officers from the Emergency Response Team (ERT), officers from the Lennox and Addington County OPP Detachment and the OPP Canine Unit, attended a residence on Dundas St West to execute a search warrant.

Police located just over 185 grams of suspected fentanyl, just under three grams of suspected methamphetamine, just under one gram of suspected cocaine as well as just over $1500 in Canadian currency, cell phones, scales and packaging material associated with drug trafficking.

Paul CATENA, a 39-year-old from Napanee and Nicole HILLSON, a 37-year-old also from Napanee were charged jointly with:

  • Possession of fentanyl for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of methamphetamine for the purpose of trafficking
  • Possession of proceeds of crime under $5000

CATENA was additionally charged with two counts of breach of probation.

CATENA was held in custody pending a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Greater Napanee on July 11, 2025.

HILLSON was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Greater Napanee on August 19, 2025.