DALLAS — A man 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 just a week after a Dallas man was arrested in Plano when police found about 6,000 fentanyl pills in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
On Friday, deputies stopped a vehicle on Interstate 20 and found roughly 9 pounds of fentanyl pills in a false compartment, police said.
Erik Marin Islas Angeles was arrested and is being held at the Smith County Sheriff’s Office on a $2 million bond, according to police. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.
The multi-agency unit includes 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 said in a news release.
Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner said in the release 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 said. “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.”
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