Celine
1st August 2010, 16:40
Richard and i own a flower shop and yesterday , He and i, along with my youngest daughter and best friend were at the shop preparing for a wedding. We had a beautiful arch covered in 60 roses, ready to transport...
But..
The cops showed up and ordered everyone out.
(all pictures taken by Richard)
In the back of the shop, right next door to my shop... was this..
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMN93jpDI/AAAAAAAABLc/2bqPIla3aSo/s512/image627.jpg
They cornered off the whole area. we had to call the bride and tell her there was no way we could deliver the flowers...she was very upset, did not believe us. Some members of her party showed up to try to convince the cops to let them in to get the flowers....Ummm..no.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMT2u5EnI/AAAAAAAABLk/-WuhcSzvGc8/s640/image630.jpg
The open door you see int his next picture, is my shop. We were just about to load the van with the flowers...no time to even close the door.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMWBYmyLI/AAAAAAAABLo/7N0byr3kADg/s512/image631.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMYtLGQlI/AAAAAAAABLs/TQ7T1DGvWXI/s640/image636.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMhEwlUAI/AAAAAAAABMA/GXGz3FYO4Z0/s640/image648.jpg
The name of this robot is R2!!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMtoxZVFI/AAAAAAAABMM/uQIOXRLde-c/s640/image655.jpg
No one was hurt....shop was closed for 5 hours...Bride is very upset...but nothing we could do.
It ended up being an extortion attempt at the "check cashing" store next to us..
here is the story
MONTREAL - What was first described as a suspicious package in a parking lot off a busy Laval street turned out to be an empty bag linked to an attempted extortion and robbery.
Around 11 a.m. Friday, employees of the Rapide Cheque outlet on St. Martin Blvd. West received a threatening phone call alerting them to the package, placed in the parking lot near the store.
The caller ordered them to stuff money in a bag and leave it in front of the shop, otherwise he'd set off a bomb, Laval Lt. Daniel Guérin said.
They refused and called police.
The cheque-cashing shop and adjoining businesses were evacuated and Laval police called the Sûreté du Québec bomb disposal unit, which exploded the suspicious package.
It had contained no explosive device, Guérin said.
police are trying to identify the caller.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Extortion+attempt+uses+bomb+threat/3347264/story.html#ixzz0vNC0bVeb
But..
The cops showed up and ordered everyone out.
(all pictures taken by Richard)
In the back of the shop, right next door to my shop... was this..
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMN93jpDI/AAAAAAAABLc/2bqPIla3aSo/s512/image627.jpg
They cornered off the whole area. we had to call the bride and tell her there was no way we could deliver the flowers...she was very upset, did not believe us. Some members of her party showed up to try to convince the cops to let them in to get the flowers....Ummm..no.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMT2u5EnI/AAAAAAAABLk/-WuhcSzvGc8/s640/image630.jpg
The open door you see int his next picture, is my shop. We were just about to load the van with the flowers...no time to even close the door.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMWBYmyLI/AAAAAAAABLo/7N0byr3kADg/s512/image631.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMYtLGQlI/AAAAAAAABLs/TQ7T1DGvWXI/s640/image636.jpg
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMhEwlUAI/AAAAAAAABMA/GXGz3FYO4Z0/s640/image648.jpg
The name of this robot is R2!!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_VvSzclD2SG4/TFWMtoxZVFI/AAAAAAAABMM/uQIOXRLde-c/s640/image655.jpg
No one was hurt....shop was closed for 5 hours...Bride is very upset...but nothing we could do.
It ended up being an extortion attempt at the "check cashing" store next to us..
here is the story
MONTREAL - What was first described as a suspicious package in a parking lot off a busy Laval street turned out to be an empty bag linked to an attempted extortion and robbery.
Around 11 a.m. Friday, employees of the Rapide Cheque outlet on St. Martin Blvd. West received a threatening phone call alerting them to the package, placed in the parking lot near the store.
The caller ordered them to stuff money in a bag and leave it in front of the shop, otherwise he'd set off a bomb, Laval Lt. Daniel Guérin said.
They refused and called police.
The cheque-cashing shop and adjoining businesses were evacuated and Laval police called the Sûreté du Québec bomb disposal unit, which exploded the suspicious package.
It had contained no explosive device, Guérin said.
police are trying to identify the caller.
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/Extortion+attempt+uses+bomb+threat/3347264/story.html#ixzz0vNC0bVeb