Alexandria Police Charge Three Men With Conspiracy to Import Marijuana

Alexandria Police have charged three men, including two former California police officers, for conspiracy to import marijuana into Virginia.

The police have charged Californians Frederick Michael Sayles, 34, of Selma and Gabriel Hernandez Sepeda II, 38, and David Ray Flowers, 38, both of Fresno, following a joint undercover narcotics investigation by Alexandria Police, the Alexandria Commonwealth Attorney’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The men have each been charged with conspiracy to import more than 5 pounds of marijuana into the state and conspiracy to distribute more than 5 pounds of marijuana. The estimated street value of the marijuana is $635,000.

The three men were arrested on April 12 about 7:30 p.m. in the Tysons Corner area where they were taken into custody by DEA agents. The men were in the process of transporting more than 27 pounds of marijuana into Virginia from California. Sepeda, Sayles and Flowers were taken to the Alexandria Adult Detention Center and held without bond. 

Sayles and Sepeda are former police officers with the Selma Police Department in Selma, Calif.

This is an ongoing investigation and additional charges may be pending, according to Alexandria police.