Niagara police seize purple-tinted heroin in St. Catharines

CBC News | Posted: February 21, 2018 2:48 PM | Last Updated: February 21, 2018

Image | Drugs and cash bust

Caption: Police released photographs of some of what was seized from a house in St. Catharines on Tuesday. (Niagara Regional Police Service)

Niagara police seized a "significant amount" of heroin on Tuesday that was tinted purple and believed to contain fentanyl.

Police searched a house in St. Catharines and arrested two men in their 30s and one woman in her 20s there.

Police say they also seized crystal meth, nearly $3,000 in cash and evidence showing the drugs were being trafficked.

Police estimated that the street value of the drugs seized is more than $18,000.

Image | St. Catharines drug bust

Caption: Niagara police released photos of some of what they seized from a house in St. Catharines on Tuesday. (Niagara Regional Police Service)

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