(KNZA)--A Jackson County traffic stop last week lead to the arrest of three men on multiple charges and the recovery of two stolen trailers.

Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse said Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies stopped a northbound Ford F-150 truck bearing a Texas license plate pulling a trailer in the City of Holton near 9th and Arizona Ave on January 26  shortly before 1 p.m for allegedly committing a traffic infraction.

Morse said deputies discovered that the South Dakota license plate on the trailer had been reported stolen. Deputies also located a piece of tape on the trailer tongue that had been spray painted to match the trailer. The piece of tape was covering the VIN number. The trailer had been reported stolen out of Cherry County, Nebraska in October of 2020.

Morse said Jackson County deputies made contact with the Cherry County Nebraska Sheriff’s Office and was advised that an additional trailer had been stolen near the same time in Nebraska. Further investigation led deputies to contact the Orange County, Texas Sheriff’s Office who then were able to recover the second stolen trailer.

The driver, 35-year-old Michael Hall, of Mauriceville, Texas, was arrested for possession of a hallucinogenic drug, driving while suspended, transporting an open container and for an outstanding felony warrant.

29-year-old Brian Michael Miller, of Sulphur, Louisiana, was arrested for  possession of a hallucinogenic drug, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firearm by a person addicted to a controlled substanc and criminal possession of a weapon by felon.

46-year-old Shane Sanger, of Vidor, Texas, was arrested for transporting an open container and felony possession of stolen property.

All three men were booked into the Jackson County Jail.