Driver faces drug, alcohol charges

A 20-year-old Windsor man is facing numerous charges after bicycle officers on downtown patrol stopped a silver BMW and found drugs inside. Bike-riding members of the Windsor police City Centre Patrol were on duty around 3:30 a.m. Sunday when they saw a BMW at Bruce Avenue and Park Street West. Officers recognized the driver as a person whose licence had been suspended. After stopping the car, the officers noticed an open bottle of alcohol inside the vehicle, as well as what they believed to be controlled substances. The driver was arrested and a search resulted in the seizure of two half-empty bottles of alcohol, 25.8 grams of suspected cocaine, 110 suspected Ecstasy pills, three bottles containing suspected codeine, about 1.7 kilograms of suspected cannabis, cellphones and cash. Daniel Esliger of Windsor, has been charged with driving while under suspension and driving with an open container of liquor, plus multiple charges related to possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking or distributing.