PUTNAM -- A traffic stop on Route 22 led to the arrest of two illegal immigrants Wednesday night, police records show.

The two men gave State Police addresses in Wilmington, North Carolina after they were pulled over for an unspecified traffic violation around 6:15 p.m., State Police records show.

Alex A. Ortiz-Nicho, 22, and Elder A. Surek, 24, were charged with federal counts of being an illegal alien and sent to Washington County Jail pending extradition proceedings, records show.