FERTILIZER SCARE DURING DRUG RAID

Two Ottawa police tactical officers were taken to hospital with skin
burns and irritation yesterday after they rubbed up against
fertilizer during a bust at a suspected marijuana grow operation in a
rural west-end home.

Police executed a warrant at 1867 Century Rd. W. at around 11 a.m.

When the two officers' skin started burning and stinging, their
colleagues called in the fire department's hazardous materials team.

The hazmat team determined fertilizer caused the skin irritation. As
a precaution, all of the officers on the scene were decontaminated.

Hazmat spent several hours cleaning up the scene while drug
investigators executed the warrant.

Police didn't disclose the amount of drugs seized.