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Montreal police foiled an act of protest art Friday when they caught a man modifying a Canada Post mailboxes to read Poste Québec.

On the eve of Quebec’s Fête Nationale, the suspected trickster placed blue and white decals along the boxes and replaced the Crown corporation’s logo with a modified fleur de lys. A witness called police, who arrived at the corner of René-Lévesque Blvd. and Papineau Ave. around 10 a.m. and — after having a good laugh — asked him to take the decals down.

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He was not arrested.

Canada Post has a security service that investigates stolen mail, overturned boxes and other forms of postal vandalism but it’s unclear what category Friday’s actions fall under.

“The man was an artist who put some removal stickers on the mailbox to take pictures,” said police spokesperson Raphaël Bergeron. “Once he took the pictures, he removed the stickers. So there was no criminal intent there.”