(KNZA)--Two Jackson County men are in custody on methamphetamine charges following a traffic stop in Jackson County Wednesday night. 

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, in a news release, said a Sheriff’s deputy stopped a northbound passenger car on U.S. 75 Highway near 162nd Road for a traffic infraction around 11:00.

Morse said a Sheriff's Department K-9 was deployed during the traffic stop and alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle.  Deputies located items believed to be drug contraband.

The driver, 32-year-old Levi Eisenbarth, of Soldier, and his passenger, 30-year-old Randy Hyatt, Jr., of Holton, were arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.