Two men who entered the United States illegally were arrested in Minot Saturday afternoon following a traffic stop.

A Minot Police Department officer stopped a vehicle on South Broadway operated by Phillip Mahoney, Minot, for driving with expired registration. After interviewing two passengers in the Mahoney vehicle, Adelberto and Jose Robles Gonzalez, both of Jalisco, Mexico, it was suspected the men may have been in the U.S. unlawfully.

The U.S. Border Patrol was contacted and confirmed that the men were illegal aliens. Both were detained and transported to the Ward County jail on immigration violation charges.