Man arrested after liquid manure sprayed outside Quebec farmers’ union office
LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man was arrested by police after 12,000 litres of liquid manure was sprayed outside the office of Quebec’s professional farmers’ union on Monday, police said.
A 56-year-old man from Henryville, south of Montreal, was arrested by Longueuil police and taken to hospital for an evaluation.
According to police, a tractor pulling a tank of the semi-liquid manure sprayed the substance in the parking lot of the Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UPA) office about 6:30 a.m.
Patrice Juneau, a spokesman for the union, said the suspect is a dairy farmer who is facing financial difficulties and the union didn’t wish to file a criminal complaint against him.