A weekend traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Buffalo County led to the seizure of 3.5 lbs. of methamphetamine and two arrests.

Around 9:45 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 28, a trooper stopped a westbound 2013 Subaru Legacy for following too close about two miles west of the Elm Creek interchange on I-80. The trooper was given consent to search the vehicle. The search led to the seizure of six packages containing 3.5 lbs. of methamphetamine.

The driver of the vehicle, Jose Ivan Preciado, 28, of Mojave, Calif., and a passenger in the vehicle Alberto Hineges Jr., 29, of Mendota, Calif., were both lodged in the Buffalo County Corrections, each on a charge of Possession of Methamphetamine with Intent to Deliver.