Feds Arrest Gwinnett Man For Heroin Trafficking, Torture, Kidnapping

NEW YORK — Federal authorities have arrested a Gwinnett County man they say was a heroin trafficker also guilty of kidnapping and torture.

Edwin Cabral Mora, 38, also know as "Sosa," was arrested Thursday in Gwinnett County.

He is charged with conspiring to possess and distribute more than a kilogram of heroin, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit kidnapping and possessing a firearm while taking part in the other offenses.

All four charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison.

According to the U.S. Attorney's office in New York, Mora — as part of his drug trafficking enterprise — lured a victim from New York to Georgia, where the victim was taken to an apartment in which Mora and others blindfolded, tied up, beat and tortured the victim by burning the victim's skin.

"As alleged, Edwin Cabral Mora not only trafficked in large quantities of heroin, but turned to violence, including participating in a vicious kidnapping ... ," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a news release. "Thanks to the remarkable efforts of the DEA, this allegedly dangerous man is now off the streets and will face criminal charges in New York federal court."

The release did not specify where the apartment in Gwinnett County was located, or where Mora is believed to have lived in the county.

Mora was tracked down by the DEA's "REDRUM" group, which specializes in capturing drug traffickers who also commit violent crimes.

According to the indictment against him, Mora was trafficking "substantial quantities" of heroin from at least January 2016 through May 2016.

The kidnapping and torture incident is alleged to have happened in April.