A routine traffic stop on Wednesday in Truckee ended with one person arrested on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle.

Seven people from two vehicles that were associated with each other were stopped in the area of the Bank of America on Donner Pass Road.

Erik Limon-Herrera, 26, was arrested July 29, while the passengers and occupants of the other vehicle, who were all relatives, were cleared and released at the scene.

Truckee officers are working with the California Highway Patrol in what has been a string of stolen vehicles in the area. Detectives believe there are other suspects involved in an earlier who have returned to the Bay Area.  The other vehicles were stolen out of Reno and abandoned in the Truckee area.

Officers said several of the vehicles that were stolen had the keys in them.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report