AMARILLO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM/AP) -- A state trooper discovered more than 14 pounds of methamphetamine valued at over $515,000 during a traffic stop in the Texas Panhandle on Wednesday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety says the trooper made the discovery after stopping a 2015 Kia Sorento traveling eastbound on Interstate 40 for a traffic violation. The stop was made about 30 miles east of Amarillo near Conway.

The two occupants of the vehicle, both from Oklahoma City, were arrested for possession of a controlled substance -- a first-degree felony -- after the trooper discovered the 12 bags of methamphetamine in the vehicle.

Diego Delfin-Esquivel, 27, and Elda Deyanira Delfin, 36, were then booked into the Carson County Jail.

DPS says the drugs were allegedly being transported from Phoenix to Oklahoma City.

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