ABITA SPRINGS - St. Tammany Parish deputies recovered approximately 1,000 fake pills laced with fentanyl over the weekend. 

Officials said deputies stopped a vehicle Sunday evening after learning it had been reported stolen out of Pearl River County, Mississippi. Inside the vehicle they found an aluminum container with a false bottom which was being used to store the pills. 

The driver and passenger of the vehicle were identified as James Spike and Emelda Matthews respectively, both of Washington Parish. 

The two were arrested for various drug charges.