Police seize 10 pounds of pot, arrest six after Alpharetta burglary.

By Marcus K. Garner
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Police scored a major drug bust Sunday trying to arrest burglars.

Alpharetta and Gwinnett County police tracking suspects of an Alpharetta home invasion found 10 pounds of marijuana when they served a search warrant in Gwinnett, authorities said.

This came after arresting the sixth person apparently connected to an alleged band of house thieves.

Sunday around 6 p.m., police responded to the report of burglars inside a home on Broadwell Oaks Drive, where a teen and a 10-year-old were hiding from the intruders, Alpharetta police spokesman George Gordon said.

"Officers engaged in a foot chase which resulted in two males being taken into custody," Gordon said, saying that Danny Mosquera, of texas, and Eric Glen Bierd-Rivera, of Louisiana were arrested.

Witnesses identified two vehicles seen at the home, and police began a search for a dark-colored Nissan Maxima and a gold Honda Accord.

Later Sunday evening, police spotted the Nissan on Wills road. After a short car chase, Omar Rodriquez, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., was arrested.

Gwinnett County police stopped a gold Honda around 9 p.m. as part of a felony traffic stop, and arrested the two men inside after finding evidence tying them to Bierd-Rivera, Rodriquez and Mosquera, Gwinnett police spokesman Brian Kelly said.

Officers conducted a search warrant in Gwinnett at an address connected to the Honda, and there found the marijuana and a woman wanted by police, authorities said.

The driver of the Honda, Joselyn Rodriguez, and the woman, Lucy Cabral, both were charged with marijuana possession with intent to sell. The second man in the car has not been charged, Kelly said.

All three were taken to the Gwinnett County jail.

Bierd-Rivera, Mosquera and Rodriquez are being held without bond at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, authorities said.

The investigation continues.