Police 'sorry' over drugs raid error

Posted: Published on May 26th, 2013

This post was added by Dr P. Richardson

26 May 2013 Last updated at 10:02 ET

A mother-of-two has received an apology after police raided her home for drugs, but later found they had been given wrong information about the house.

Tracy Ripley was at work when the raid happened at her home in Bexhill.

She said she received a call to say she was needed at home and went back to find her house turned upside down.

Sussex Police said officers obtained a warrant but had received wrong information about the house. The force said it would pay for the damage.

Ms Ripley said she arrived to find police vans blocking the road and her front door smashed.

She said: "I was mortified. I was just upset. I didn't know what to do.

"Me and my family are so anti-drugs, I've never had any connections whatsoever, and I just thought someone had had it in for me.

"And then I realised they must have got the wrong address."

We accept that the occupant of this house and indeed the property itself have no connection with any drugs offences

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