Windsor cops recover suspected heroin and fentanyl mix with handgun from motel

Windsor police seized more than $54,000 in drugs, and a handgun, from a Howard Avenue motel room on Saturday.

Officers responded to the motel around 12:45 p.m. after receiving reports of a firearm.

A Windsor man (35),Kitchener man (23), and a 25-year-old man from Toronto all face firearms-related charges with othercharges still anticipated as the investigation continues.

The drugs recovered included more than 100 grams of suspected "Purple Heroin" which is a combination of heroin and fentanyl that's purple in colour.

Here's the fulllist of everything that was seized by officers:

• handgun
• 104grams of suspected "Purple Heroin"
• 30 grams of suspected powdered fentanyl
• 4 grams of crack cocaine
• 13.5 grams of unknown substance still requiring further analysis

Windsor police point to a recent public health alert issued in Hamilton after the toxic"Purple Heroin" blend began making the rounds in that community:

• Alert issued as fentanyl-laced 'Purple Heroin' tied to multiple overdoses