Windsor police have issued a warning after what it calls an "extremely alarming" investigation in the city relating to fentanyl powder.
Police were looking into a drug trafficking case and arrested three men Thursday, February 1 at 6:15pm on Wyandotte St. East.
Officers seized 68 suspected fentanyl pills manufactured to look like pharmaceutical drugs.
Police then executed a search warrant at a home on Gregory Pl. in the Little River area and found 2496 grams of suspected cannabis marijuana,cannabis resin and one sawed-off shotgun with ammunition.
Authorities say the findings are extremely alarming because it serves as confirmation that offenders are hiding fentanyl powder within counterfeit pills disguised to look like pharmaceutical drugs.
Windsor Police Sergeant Steve Betteridge says these drugs are lethal.
"These were designed to be sold on the street and to be trafficked as oxycodone pills when in fact they were not that at all," he says. "They were counterfeit oxycodone that contained fentanyl powder."
He points out this is a classic example of the dangers of buying drugs at the street level. "A drug dealer cares about one thing and that is getting paid. They do not care what anyone puts into their body."
Ahmad Abusafeyeh, 28, of Windsor, is charged with:
Two other men were also charged. 42-year-old Kalakech Ammar of Lakeshore and 26-year-old Tarek Sabbah of Windsor are facing charges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking and possession of a controlled substance.
Police say two sets of counterfeit green pills were seized. One set was stamped "APO" on one side and "OCD 80" on the other. The other set was stamped "OXY CR" on one side and "W80" on the other.