TOPEKA, KAN. – A federal grand jury has returned indictments against two men who are charged in connection with a raid last month on a marijuana farm along U.S. 75 North in Osage County, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said today.

Macelo Parra-Ocmo, 42, a citizen of Mexico, and Ernesto Duenas-Aceon, 20, a citizen of Mexico, are charged with one count of possession with intent to distribute approximately 6,000 marijuana plants. The crime is alleged to have occurred June 16, 2011, in Osage County, Kan.

Parra-Ocmo and Duenas-Aceon were arrested when law enforcement officers from the Osage County Sheriff’s Office, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Kansas Highway Patrol and other agencies raided the marijuana growing operation.

If convicted, the defendants face a penalty of not less than 10 years and not more than life and a fine up to $4 million. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the Osage County Sheriff’s Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol investigated. Assistant U.S. Attorney Randy Hendershot is prosecuting.