INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested two men on multiple felony warrants, illegal possession of firearms and possession of narcotics after a traffic stop on Lafayette Road.

IMPD officers arrested 27-year-old Iren Anderson and 23-year-old Emmanuel Meredith-Stewart.

On Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., IMPD officers conducted a traffic stop in the 2400 block of Lafayette Road. During the traffic stop, officers smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle. Officers learned the identities of both occupants of the vehicle and discovered that Anderson had multiple felony warrants, including possession of a machine gun and battery resulting in injury to a pregnant woman.

After the occupants were removed from the vehicle, a search was conducted by officers, which resulted in the discovery of suspected marijuana, suspected cocaine, and two firearms. An Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearm and Explosives contact was on scene and recovered the two firearms from the vehicle. Both firearms were equipped with extended magazines and taken to the IMPD property room as evidence.

Anderson was arrested on his warrants and charged with unlawful possession of a handgun with a prior crime. Meredith-Stewart was arrested for possession of a firearm while a prohibited person, possession of crack cocaine, and possession of marijuana.