Two Kansas City, Kan., teens are facing federal drug charges after an incident that occurred earlier this month in northwest Kansas.

In a news release, the office of U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom announced Wednesday that Ramiro Madrigal, 19, and Armando Rodriguez, Jr., 19, both of Kansas City, were charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and one count each of traveling from Nevada to Kansas in furtherance of drug trafficking.

The crimes are alleged to have occurred Oct. 15 in Thomas County.

If convicted, they face a penalty of not less than 10 years and a fine up to $4 million on each of the first two counts and a maximum penalty of five years and a fine up to $250,000 on the third count. The Kansas Highway Patrol investigated, and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mona Furst is prosecuting.