Deputies find 42,000 fentanyl pills in car during North Texas traffic stop
SMITH COUNTY, Texas - A traffic stop in Smith County ended with a man under arrest when deputies found 42,000 fentanyl pills in the car.
Members of a special unit of sheriff's deputies from 8 different counties pulled over a car on I-20 in Smith County on Friday.
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The driver, Erik Marin Islas Angeles of Mexico, gave permission for deputies to search his car.
Deputies found 9 pounds of fentanyl pills inside a "false compartment" in the car. It is approximately 42,000 pills.
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Angeles is being held in jail on $2,000,000 bond.