AMARILLO, Texas — The Texas Department of Public Safety seized more than ten pounds of heroin on Sunday, Jan. 14.

At approximately 2:47 p.m., a DPS trooper stopped a 2005 Nissan Altima traveling east on I-40 near Conway for a traffic violation.

The trooper then discovered four vacuum-sealed packages of heroin inside the passenger side quarter panel. The illegal drugs are worth approximately $1.34 million.

The driver, Jorge Ramirez, of Modesto, California, and passenger, Erasmo Ramirez-Romero, of Fort Worth, Texas, were arrested and charged with felony possession of a controlled substance.

Ramirez, 22, and Ramirez-Romero, 30, were transported and booked into the Carson County jail.

The drugs allegedly were being transported from Modesto, California, to Greenville, South Carolina.