The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) seized over 20 pounds of methamphetamine Saturday, after a DPS Trooper stopped a vehicle in Carson County.

At approximately 1:15 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2002 Jeep Liberty traveling east on IH-40 near Conway, for a traffic violation. The trooper then discovered cellophane-wrapped packages of methamphetamine throughout the vehicle. The methamphetamine is worth approximately $1.78 million.

The driver, Jose Perez Ruelas, 21, and passenger, Juan Lopez Niebla, 33, both of Mexico, were arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance. Ruelas and Niebla were transported and booked into the Carson County jail.

The drugs allegedly were being transported from Phoenix to Oklahoma City.

(News release from the Texas DPS in Amarillo)