NEWSCAST. I'M KEVIN OGLE AND I'M HEATHER HOLEMAN. AND WE BEGIN WITH A MASSIVE DRUG BUST IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF FENTANYL PILLS DURING A TRAFFIC STOP AS NEWS FOUR'S AUSTIN BREASETTE REPORTS. THE SHERIFF NOW BELIEVES LIVES WERE SAVED BECAUSE OF THIS DRUG BUCKS. 46,000 FENTANYL PILLS WORTH WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS FOUND RIGHT HERE IN OKLAHOMA CITY JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. >> COUNTY SHERIFF TOMMY JOHNSON, THE 3RD SAYING IT ALL STEMMED FROM A TRAFFIC STOP ON. I-35. THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT THESE ARREST SAVE LIVES IN OUR COMMUNITY. JUSTIN XAVIER MACRON NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER BEING STOPPED ON. I-35 NEAR NORTHEAST 63RD STREET BACK ON DECEMBER. 21ST. >> DETAILS OF THE CASE MADE PUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME THURSDAY. PART OF HE SAW THE DRIVER MAKE TO UNSAFE LANE CHANGES IN THAT TIME AND PULL THE SUSPECT OVER.
IN ADDITION, SHERIFF JOHNSON SAYS MACRON WAS ALSO SPEEDING IN THIS WHITE CHEVY MALIBU THROUGH A CONSTRUCTION ZONE AT THE TIME. AND WHEN THE DEPUTY APPROACHED HIM, THE SHERIFF SAYS MACRON LIT A CIGARETTE SUSPECTS WILL OFTEN DO THAT TO MASK THE ODOR OF DRUGS IN THE VEHICLE OR AS A SIGN OF BEING NERVOUS. NIGRO TOLD THE DEPUTY HE LIVED IN OKLAHOMA CITY, BUT THE CAR WAS RENTED BY HIS SISTER OUT OF KANSAS WITH ITEMS INSIDE INDICATING HE WAS ON A LONG TRIP WHEN THE DEPUTY SAW A BLACK DUFFEL BAG IN THE BACK SEAT AND MONEY NEAR THE CONSUL, A CANINE WAS BROUGHT IN A DOG GAVE A POSITIVE INDICATION THAT THERE WERE DRUGS PRESENT THE VEHICLE.
INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SEARCH ENDED UP FINDING 46,000 FENTANYL PILLS. WORTH 1.3 MILLION DOLLARS. THEY ALSO FOUND SOME MARIJUANA AND $3500 IN CASH. SOMETHING JOHNSON SAYS THEY SEE ALL TOO OFTEN KEEPING IT IN THE BACK OF THEIR MINDS. THAT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THEY CATCH, THERE ARE STILL PLENTY THAT MAKE IT THROUGH WITHOUT GETTING CAUGHT TO SEE ANYTHING GET ACROSS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS. SOME WE TAKE PERSONALLY AUSTIN PERCENT. OKLAHOMA'S NEWS 4 SHERIFF JOHNSON MENTIONED THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL AND SAID THEY ARE WORKING WITH STAT.