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A Canada Border Services Agency officer at the Ottawa airport was sent to the hospital Monday as a precaution after being sprayed in the eyes with some type of powder.

Ottawa Fire Services was called to the FedEx building at the airport around 10 a.m.

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Details of what happened to the customs officer weren’t immediately released.

The Hazmat team determined the substance was not hazardous, said spokesman Marc Messier.