The Collin County Sheriff’s Office discovered an estimated 6,000 fentanyl pills Friday during a traffic stop, according to a recent press release.

The release relayed that sheriff’s deputies also allegedly found a handgun in the car after the driver apparently consented to the search of the vehicle.

Eduardo Reyes was charged with the manufacture/delivery of a penalty group 1 narcotic greater than 400 grams and is being held on a $402,500 bond, according to the sheriff’s office.

“As part of their insidious plan to increase addiction across our Nation, the Sineloan [sic] and Jalisco New Generation drug cartels are intentionally poisoning tens of thousands of Americans with fentanyl made with Chinese precursors,” Jim Skinner, Collin County sheriff, said in the press release.

“Last year, well over 100,000 Americans perished from drug overdoses and more than half of those were fatal fentanyl poisonings. These deaths are directly attributable to these Mexican drug cartels. We know that our efforts fighting this scourge will save lives. This seizure illustrates our continuing commitment to use every resource and tactic available to help stem the flow of this deadly poison from entering our communities.”

Fentanyl has become a national issue in the U.S., but it struck close to home in North Texas when multiple children from Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD overdosed on it, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.

“While one-stop [sic] may not take down the entire trafficking operation, it certainly gets us one step closer,” Jessica Sayre, public information officer for the Collin County Sheriff’s Office, told The Dallas Express in an email.

Last month, a man was charged after he was reportedly found with two kilograms of fentanyl, as reported by The Dallas Express. He was allegedly in possession of both pure powdered fentanyl and counterfeit pharmaceutical pills that had fentanyl added to them.

That man, Eric William Mather, otherwise known by his nickname “Truth,” was allegedly responsible for many overdoses in North Texas.

In nearby Dallas, there have been 1,067 drug and narcotic crimes logged this year, according to Dallas’ crime analytics dashboard, along with an additional 146 drug equipment violations.

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