CRANBERRY TWP — Township police today continue to investigate an incident where three men broke into an apartment, tied up the occupants and held them at gunpoint while ransacking the residence.

Township police Sgt. Chuck Mascellino said in a press release this morning that the home invasion occurred about 8 p.m. Thursday in the Laurelwood Apartment complex.

The complex is off Rochester Road near the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

Police said the suspects barged into the home “with at least one long gun and a pistol” and demanded money and drugs. They then bound the five occupants, who police said are temporarily working in the Pittsburgh area, as they tore through the house.

About 15 minutes into the ordeal, two other occupants returned to the apartment and were ordered in by the suspects. But the two fled and called police.

It isn’t clear what type of vehicle the suspects had, although police described the robbers as one black man and two white men.

Several items were taken from the apartment.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Cranberry police at 724-776-5180.