Guelph, ON - July 4, 2008 - Guelph Police responded to a tip about a suspicious package located underneath a vehicle in the parking lot outside of the recently opened office for the Conservative Party of Canada - Guelph EDA. The parking lot is shared with a local auto part supplier.
With the assistance of the Waterloo bomb squad, the package was destroyed without any further incident.
"I'm very happy that nobody was harmed", said Gloria Kovach. "As usual, the police acted very quickly, and conducted themselves in a highly professional manner".
There were no volunteers in the office when the incident occurred.
The matter is under investigation by Guelph Police, and any inquiries should be directed to them.
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