Two men, charged in relation to an alleged million-dollar drug enterprise in Cranberry Township, entered pleas in Butler County Court on Monday.

Bruce A. Johnson, 69, of Monaca, Beaver County, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; while Craig W. Pfister, 52, of Prospect pleaded no contest to the same charge before Judge William Shaffer.

The plea agreements for both men call for a recommendation of probation to be determined by the court, from the state's Attorney General's Office, which is prosecuting the case.

Prosecutor Maureen Sheehan Balchon told the court during the proceedings that the standard range for the charge calls for probation to nine months in jail, while the maximum range is up to 10 years probation or jail time, and up to $15,000 in fines.

Both men are scheduled for sentencing on Dec. 7.

Both Johnson and Pfister were initially charged with felony possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and one conspiracy count after an investigation by the state Attorney General's Office Bureau of Narcotics Investigation into the sale and distribution of synthetic marijuana between May 1, 2012, and Nov. 20, 2014.

Police said the two conspired with two Cranberry Township residents — ringleader Richard D. Sallade, 72, and his girlfriend Patricia A. Quinn, 69 — to distribute synthetic marijuana in Butler, Allegheny and Washington counties.

Sallade previously pleaded guilty in the case to felony corrupt organizations, dealing in proceeds of illegal activity and two counts of delivery of a controlled substance on June 7 and Quinn, pleaded guilty to felony conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance and delivery of a controlled substance on Aug. 7.

They were accused of receiving large shipments of synthetic marijuana from out of state and arranging for it to be distributed to customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio between late 2012 and November 2014.

Sallade was sentenced to nine to 18 months in Butler County Prison, while Quinn was sentenced to 60 months probation with four months on house arrest with electronic monitoring.

Authorities allege that Sallade and Quinn worked out of an empty storefront in Piazza Plaza on Route 19 in Cranberry Township, near Sallade's business — Glass Gone Wow, formerly called Glass Gone Wild and Tobacco For Less, in the same shopping center — to distribute the compounds after they had become controlled substances under 2012 legislation.

Authorities conducted undercover purchases with Pfister between September 2013 and November 2014. Once police revealed themselves, Pfister led investigators to Johnson, who was storing synthetic marijuana in two storage lockers in Vanport, Beaver County.

Johnson then allegedly told police that he would regularly pick up synthetic marijuana from Sallade and deliver it to two “accounts” in Ohio.

He also drove to Boston, New York City, Newark, N.J., and Harrisburg to pick up synthetic marijuana from contacts after shipments from Florida were intercepted at the UPS center, he told police.

Sallade would arrange the distribution and keep inventory, but did not have contact with the drugs, Johnson testified at the preliminary hearing.

Following search warrants, a total of more than 360 pounds of synthetic marijuana, carrying an estimated street value of $1.6 million, was seized from a storage unit and from several packages intercepted at a UPS facility in Jackson Township, according to previous reports.

Police determined that eight packages were sent from Tampa to both the Tobacco for Less store and the UPS facility.

Also in 2014, in Sallade and Quinn's apartment, police allegedly found nearly $190,000 in cash, and another $228,000 was seized from a bank account.