US POLICE raided a bar in Ocean City, Maryland, over the weekend after customers there confused a female drinker for Canadian teen heartthrob Justin Bieber.

Regulars at the Mug and Mallet bar confirmed police entered the venue Saturday night, following reports that Bieber, 16, was drinking underage inside reported TMZ today.



Instead, they found a 27-year-old female Bieber lookalike, with the same petite frame and tousled short brown hairstyle as that of the pint-sized pop sensation.



The woman, known only as Katie, told TMZ she was mistaken for Bieber all the time - and was forced to produce her ID card to police to prove she was not him.



Bieber is due in Maryland this year but not until September, when he will perform at the state fair.



Last weekend, at the time of his apparent sighting, he was actually in The Bahamas on a photo shoot with U.S. socialite Kim Kardashian.

Originally published as Woman mistaken for Justin Bieber