Three people have been charged in connection with a drug cartel-related kidnapping in St. Paul​, according to the Ramsey County Attorney's Office.

Three people are now faces charges linked to a St. Paul kidnapping, now linked to a Mexican cartel, at a home just steps away from a police station.

Three people were charged Thursday in connection with the kidnapping of a man who was kept in a St. Paul building, allegedly in a case tied to a Mexican drug cartel. With information that the man was being held in a Payne Avenue building across the street from the police department’s Eastern District parking lot,

When officers searched one suspect's phone, they found pictures of a man who appeared to be chained or handcuffed, according to court documents.