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PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - Yavapai County sheriff's deputies have arrested two New Mexico men after they say a search turned up marijuana in their vehicle and in a small safe they were hauling.

Authorities say a deputy stopped the men's sports utility vehicle Tuesday on Interstate 40 west of Seligman on a speeding charge.

Officials say the deputy could smell marijuana while talking to the driver, 26-year-old Daniel Burkett and passenger, 19-year-old Thomas Thompson.

Deputies say a drug-sniffing dog alerted to the vehicle, and they found several bags of marijuana, a digital scale and two small safes.

They say the first was empty, but the second contained more than three pounds of marijuana.

The men were arrested on charges of transportation of marijuana for sale.