Quebec police seize documents in ex-minister’s investigation

MONTREAL – Quebec provincial police investigators

Wednesday raided a company’s headquarters in Montreal and a

warehouse in Laval and seized documents pertaining to allegations

against former Quebec family minister Tony Tomassi.

Two items were seized as part of an ongoing

investigation into the allegations against Tomassi, Sgt. Ann Mathieu

said. There were no arrests.

Police declined to name the company involved in the

seizures.

Tomassi was fired May 6 by Premier Jean Charest after

Charest confronted him about reports he used a gasoline credit card

furnished by the Montreal-based security firm Canadian Bureau of

Investigations and Adjustments.

Charest asked provincial police to look into Tomassi’s

use of the credit card.

The seizures Wednesday were carried out by

investigators with Operation Hammer, a police crackdown on fraud and

collusion in the construction industry.