A Fort Lauderdale police SWAT team swarmed a Fort Lauderdale home early Wednesday morning as part of a criminal investigation.

According to Fort Lauderdale police, their officers were assisting Boynton Beach police, who said this was a planned operation and it remains "an active investigation."

In surveillance video from a nearby home, a Fort Lauderdale police officer on a loudspeaker can be heard telling the occupants of the home, at 2641 NW 16 Court, that they are there to serve a search warrant and they needed to come out with their hands up.

A short time later, officers were seen approaching the home with their guns drawn. At one point, SWAT team members took down the garage door.

"I don't know what was going on, I thought I was having a crazy dream," Diane Haynes said.

Sheri Jac

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