After busting down the door of a Hamilton apartment and frightening the 68-year-old woman inside, Toronto police are admitting they had the wrong address in a botched raid last week.

Whether they read the document wrong or had the wrong unit number to begin with — Const. Tony Vella could not say — they quickly realized their mistake; the warrant was meant for the unit next door.

“It was the incorrect address. It was supposed to be the neighbour’s address,” Vella said Sunday.

The raid was part of Project Marvel, a series of 67 search warrants executed across Canada as part of a months-long investigation targeting drug dealers and gang members.

But Sharon McCrudden, who lives on the 14th floor of the building on Melvin Ave. in Hamilton, had nothing to do with it.

“The only thing I can confirm is that they executed several warrants at that exact apartment building. They did enter her home. There was damage to her door as a result.”

In an interview with the Hamilton Spectator, McCrudden said she planned to get a lawyer.

“I’ve been so stressed out I didn’t go to work today,” she said Friday.

McCrudden said she was awake at 4:30 a.m. Tuesday when she heard three loud bangs at her door. She says she heard another bang as two police officers entered her bedroom.

She said the officers presented her with a warrant as she sat crying on the edge of her bed, and they left after “a ruckus out in the hallway” led to the realization the warrant was for the vacant unit next door.

Vella said police returned to the address Friday with documents for McCrudden for reimbursement for the damage done to her door. He couldn’t say whether McCrudden filed a complaint with police.

Building manger Carl Clark said police had made amends and replaced the door right away.

“There’s not much we can say about it, obviously they took ownership in it,” he said. “We know what was done wrong, but they took care of it so we’re happy.”

Still, he has only spoken to McCrudden briefly, adding she has been keeping a low-profile because “she was so distraught.”

“It’s a very unfortunate incident, the officers are doing what they can,” Vella said, adding he hopes it does not overshadow the project’s success.

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In cooperation with officers across Canada in Project Marvel, police seized more than $110,000, 27 firearms, 2.75 kg of cocaine, 332 grams of marijuana and 32 grams of MDMA.

With files from the Hamilton Spectator