Two people were arrested after a plane carrying a “large” amount of drugs made an emergency landing on a highway, California police say. The plane landed on State Route 76 shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, the Oceanside Police Department said in a news release.

OPD officers responded to a call that a small plane experienced engine failure and had to make an emergency landing on SR-76, according to a police statement.

A plane containing a 'large quantity of narcotics' emergency landed on a Southern California Highway and led to two arrests, according to reports.

Cops found the plane — a single-engine Piper Cherokee — on state Route 76 near Canyon Drive shortly before 1:45 a.m. after the pilot had to make an emergency landing.

Police arrested two people on drug charges after a plane made an emergency landing on a Southern California highway in the early hours of Thursday morning, authorities confirmed. According to the Oceanside Police Department,

Two individuals were arrested after a plane illegally transporting a sizable quantity of drugs made an emergency landing on a Southern California highway in the middle of the night. After reporting engine trouble,