BATON ROUGE - Two men were arrested after officers located and seized over five kilograms of cocaine during a traffic stop, the Baton Rouge Police Department said.

According to BRPD, Chad Evans and Vernon White were in a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation, leading to officers finding and seizing the cocaine during the traffic stop. Both men are from Mississippi, arrest records say.

Both were booked for possession with intent to distribute schedule two narcotics; White had a previous criminal history of theft and Evans had previous criminal history involving narcotics violations, police said.