A heavy police presence was seen along a busy highway in Gwinnett County early Wednesday morning.
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According to Gwinnett County police, at 6:08 a.m. officers began investigating a possible burglary in the area of a Maaco Auto Body Shop & Painting on West Main Street near Highway 78 in Snellville.
Channel 2 Action News viewers told us they spotted nearly a dozen police vehicles in the area.
NewsChopper 2 flew over the scene where several officers swarmed the parking lot and found a man and a woman at the shop.
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Police said the man appeared to have a handgun in his waistband. The suspects were given verbal commands but then ran into the business, according to authorities.