A traffic stop Monday morning in Halifax County leads officers to find nearly 700 bricks of heroin worth $347,000.

Investigators arrested 59-year-old Herbert Cherry of Tarboro and 53-year old Tony Reams of Scotland Neck. They're each charged with two counts of trafficking in opium, heroin, opiates and given a $30,000 bond.

The Nash County Sheriff's Office says their Drug Task Force had been investigating heroin coming from Scotland Neck and being distributed to Halifax, Edgecombe, and Nash Counties.

The Halifax County Drug Task Force and NC Highway Patrol were also involved in the investigation.

Cherry and Reams have a first court appearance on Wednesday.