Virginia Beach man sues after police ransack home during failed drug search

VIRGINIA BEACH — Dozens of police officers descended on a waterfront home in the affluent Birdneck Point community to execute a search warrant the morning of Sept. 13.

They arrived in armored vehicles, police cruisers and even boats, according to a lawsuit filed last month in U.S. District Court in Norfolk by the 79-year-old man who owns the home and was detained during the search.

“Without warning, they launched a barrage of munitions, shattering windows and damaging property,” the complaint said…

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