Two men found transporting more than 4 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine in February on Interstate 90 have pleaded guilty as charged to their crime.

Jesus Ivan Lopez-Torres, 21, and Antonio Melecio Sanchez-Hernandez, 34, pleaded guilty on Friday in Freeborn County District Court to first-degree drug possession.

Assistant Freeborn County Attorney David Walker said both men will be held in the Freeborn County jail until their sentencing, scheduled for Friday, after which they will be deported to Mexico.

Lopez-Torres and Sanchez-Hernandez were arrested Feb. 15 after a traffic stop on Interstate 90 near the Minnesota Highway 13 exit.

Court reports stated the men were initially pulled over by a Minnesota State Patrol trooper because of numerous traffic violations; however, during the stop, the trooper noted several other characteristics consistent with drug trafficking.

The trooper ultimately found three packages taped with electrical tape to the inside of the vehicle’s battery container, court documents state.

One package contained 506 grams of methamphetamine, one contained 1.138 kilograms of cocaine and the last contained 560 grams of cocaine. The total weight was over 2 kilograms of powder.

According to the trooper, the two men admitted to delivering the drugs from Phoenix where they stayed at the Super 8 motel.

Sanchez-Hernandez said he was paid $1,000 to ride with and assist the delivery in Minnesota.