Two teens are in custody after a drug-fueled kidnapping that began in Tuscaloosa and ended in Bessemer, authorities said.

The man kidnapped from an apartment, investigators said, was an innocent victim abducted at gunpoint because his acquaintance had failed to pay for a large delivery of drugs.

Amarion Dewayne Smith, 18, and Korbyn Markeith Williams, 19, are charged with first-degree kidnapping, trafficking marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp.

On Saturday, family of the victim reported to law enforcement that the man was being held against his will and they were receiving demands for money.

Tuscaloosa Police Department and Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers were able to confirm that the victim’s phone was originally in Tuscaloosa, and multiple law enforcement agencies began working together and developed a possible location in Bessemer, said Capt. Jack Kennedy.

Bessemer police officers found the suspect vehicle in the parking lot of the Academy Drive Walmart and took the suspects into custody.

The victim was also found.

Kennedy said the investigation showed that after the victim was abducted, the suspects forced him to call friends and family demanding money.

”Due to the courageous actions of the family and multiple police agencies working together, the suspects were located with the victim still in their vehicle and he was recovered unharmed,’’ Kennedy said.

The West Alabama Narcotics Task Force assisted in the case and is continuing the investigation into the drug transactions.

Kennedy said the police department and sheriff’s office’s cyber units, crime scene Units, and dispatchers, as well as Bessemer police worked together to locate the victim.

The suspects are being held without bond in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.