Courtesy 11alive.LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- Two men suspected of impersonating law enforcement officers to seize drugs and money from drug dealers were arrested Thursday in Gwinnett County.
Sergio Antonio Alejo and Afredo Antonio Acosta, both Dominican Republic nationals, are suspected of targeting narcotics traffickers during home invasions when it was believed the trackers were in possession of drugs and money. After the robberies, the pair allegedly would re-sell the drugs, the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office said Friday.
The pair is suspected of operating in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, the sheriff's office said. They're alleged deeds netted them more than $2 million in cash and hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.
"The Gwinnett Sheriff's Department became involved after an unrelated arrest several weeks ago on aggravated assault charges. Information was developed during that arrest on Sergio Antonio Alejo and Alfredo Antonio Acosta. As Gwinnett deputies investigated these two men and their activities further, they learned they were wanted on indictments from the Eastern District of New York," the Sheriff's office said in a news release.
"Alejo, 47, was wanted for the offense of the Hobbs Act Robbery Conspiracy, Unlawful Use of Firearms, Conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, and distribution and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Acosta, 23, was also wanted for the Hobbs Act Robbery Conspiracy," the news release said.
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