Fake federal agent insignias were found during a stolen vehicle arrest, Alameda police said. Alameda Police Department

Alameda police on Wednesday said they are looking into the past actions of someone they arrested after suspecting they may have been impersonating a federal agent.

Police said they were alerted to a stolen vehicle, around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, by an automated license plate reader, and that the alert sent officers to the area near Marina Village Shopping Center.

Not long after arriving, the officers spotted the vehicle and contacted the driver.

They then searched the vehicle, and police said they found a gun, counterfeit government identification, drug paraphernalia, and other evidence that led them to believe the driver had been posing as a federal agent.

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