Two East Tennessee men have been arrested and charged after attempting to purchase illicit sex from minors.

Edgar Gallegos, 34, of Morristown, and Armadi Imade, 38, of Sevierville, were arrested during an undercover human trafficking operation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the 10th District Judicial Drug Task for, the FBI, Homeland Security and local law enforcement.

According to the TBI, part of the investigation focused on identifying people seeking to pay girls younger than 18 for sex acts. Both Gallegos and Imade made contact with undercover agents posing as a juvenile girl, the TBI said, and then arranged a meeting with the undercover agents and paid to have sex with an underage girl.

Gallegos was arrested Feb. 21 and charged with one count of Trafficking a Person for a Commercial Sex Act. He was booked into the McMinn County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

Imade was arrested Feb. 22 and charged with one count of Trafficking a Person for a Commercial Sex Act. He was booked into the McMinn County Jail on a $125,000 bond.

TBI said the investigation is ongoing, "with the possibility of additional arrests and charges."

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