42,000 fentanyl pills found during vehicle search in North Texas, police say

A person was arrested Friday in Smith County after police found about 42,000 fentanyl pills in his vehicle.

This arrest, made by members of the North Texas Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Unit, comes only a week after a Dallas man was arrested in Plano when police found about 6,000 fentanyl pills in his vehicle during a visitors cease.

On Friday, deputies stopped a vehicle on Interstate 20 and found roughly 9 kilos of fentanyl pills in a false compartment, police mentioned.

Erik Marin Islas Angeles was arrested and is being held on the Smith County Sheriff’s Office on a $2 million bond, in response to police. It was unclear whether or not he had an legal professional.

The multi-agency unit contains deputies from Collin, Grayson, Hunt, Parker, Rockwall, Smith, Tarrant, and Wise counties.

“This influx of deadly fentanyl into our state and communities has to be stopped,” Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith mentioned in a news launch.

Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner mentioned in the discharge that the multi-agency efforts are saving lives.

“This large seizure of fentanyl by NTXCIU deputies will make communities across East and North Texas that much safer,” he mentioned. “The eight Sheriff’s offices that comprise the NTXCIU will continue their close inter-agency cooperation to push back and fight the deadly scourge of fentanyl.”