A traffic stop on Interstate 20 in Mississippi led to the discovery of $100,000 worth of cocaine and the arrests of two men, one of whom is from Reading.

Deputies pulled over a vehicle shortly after midnight Tuesday, said Othor Cain, with the Hinds County Sheriff's Department.

The deputies became suspicious while talking with the men in the vehicle and obtained a consent warrant to search the vehicle, said Cain, who noted that authorities discovered the drugs in a hidden compartment.

Santos Martinez-Rodriquez, , 49, of Reading, and Josue Melendez-Vasquez, 47, of Elizabeth, N.J., were arrested and charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute.

Police believe the two men were passing through Hinds County on the way to Pennsylvania from Texas.