A female detention officer is suing the State and the Police Commissioner after back in August her home was wrongly raided and she was bound in a state of near-nudity.

Times of Malta reported how the 34 year old woman was awakened by four male police officers who bound her hands, only to discover later that they had raided the wrong home in Triq l-Isqof Francis Baldacchino, Marsa.

The incident happened at around 6am when four officers from the Special Intervention Unit (SIU) made their way up to a penthouse in a Marsa block.

They were assisting the Vice Squad and the Crime Investigation Department in a series of raids taking place in a number of places relating to human trafficking.

The woman was reportedly sat on a chair bare-chested for around 20 minutes, and no arrest warrants were reportedly shown. She was not offered a t-shirt or something to cover herself with.

It was later discovered that the police were targeting a suspect living in the apartment below her penthouse, with the victim filing a criminal complaint the very next day.

The police refused responsibility for the incident, claiming “nothing irregular” occurred, citing “reasonable suspicion” for the raid.

She challenged this, questioning what suspicion justified the humiliation and excessive force, with officers ignoring legal safeguards. Now seeking court intervention, she claims her rights were breached, causing trauma that forced her to leave her job.

#MaltaDaily