Berwick police are investigating an armed home invasion they believe is drug-related.
Police were called to 12 Lyman St. shortly after 9 p.m. Thursday after two men allegedly entered the home, displayed a handgun and threatened two residents.
“We believe this was a targeted event that was drug-related,” said Capt. Jerry Locke. “We believe they knew each other, though (the residents) are not being cooperative at this point.”
No one was injured during the incident.
Locke said the two intruders entered the home and confronted a man who lives there. As the man was threatened, his father came into the room to intervene, according to police.
A juvenile daughter who was in a bedroom heard yelling and called police. She was taken from the scene and stayed somewhere else for the night, according to police.
The intruders were described as a white man and a black man who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. They left the scene in a black Jeep, possibly a Grand Cherokee model.
Locke said police have been called to the home before, but “nothing to this level” has been reported at the house.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 698-1136.
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