| Susan Garty and Marc McGarry, who live in a ground-floor flat in Park Avenue, were horrified that CID officers got the wrong address in a planned drugs raid.
Susan, who works in advertising sales, said she was first alerted that police were about to knock her door in with a battering ram on Monday while she was at work.
She rushed home to find four cars outside her house and police officers standing in her living room.
“A handyman doing work on some of the flats had noticed the police and said he had a key he could get to let them in, rather than having to knock in the door,” explained Susan.
“They charged through the door anyway.
“I was contacted at my work to say the police were about to break the door down and I rushed home to find these police officers in my living room.
“They realised at once they were in the wrong house.”
Embarrassed officers have apologised to the couple for their error and have vowed to cover all costs of replacing the door.
A spokeswoman for Tayside Police said, “We apologise to the homeowner for any inconvenience caused and the owner will be suitably recompensed and their door will be replaced.”
Susan continued, “One officer said they had had my address under surveillance for some time.
“Surely if that had been the case they would have realised that my partner and I go out to work every day and we walk the dog and we have a normal daily routine.
“I would have thought it would have been obvious we are not drug dealers.
“The police sent a joiner up within 10 minutes to board the door up, but it’s not secure.
“We are waiting on them replacing the door.
“This is a social embarrassment.”
A spokeswoman for Tayside Police said they had been acting on intelligence received and had gone to the address with a warrant to search the flat.
They realised on entry they were not in the correct property.
Officers did not search the couple’s flat.
The spokeswoman added that extra police patrols have been put on in the area around the couple’s flat. |
