A pair of Florida men were arrested in Putnam County Thursday afternoon following a traffic stop by an Indiana State Trooper.

According to the Indiana State Police, an Indiana State Trooper stopped a tractor trailer at the 37-mile marker on I-70 East for a routine compliance inspection. 

A conversation with the driver, Leonardo Hernandez, of Miami, Fla., resulted in a search of the vehicle, where police found 44 pounds of suspected cocaine with a street value of $1 million.

Hernandez and Rolando Bermudez Acevedo, who was a passenger in the truck, were arrested and booked at the Putnam County Jail. According to police, the semi truck was headed to Indianapolis from Phoenix. 

Hernandez was arrested and charged with dealing a narcotic drug, a level 2 felony; and possession of a narcotic drug, a level 3 felony. 

Acevedo, of Orlando, was arrested and was also charged with dealing a narcotic drug, a level 2 felony, and possession of a narcotic drug, a level 3 felony.