UPAC raids engineering firm BPR in Quebec City and Montreal

Quebec's anti-corruption unitraidedthemajor engineering firm BPR on Thursdaymorning.

About 60UPACofficers and investigatorsvisited the Quebec City and Montreal BPRoffices at around 7 a.m.Thursday.

UPAC agents left the offices with boxes of documents. Employees were sent home for the day while police continue to investigate.

No one has been arrested in theraids.

BPR issued a statement on itswebsite saying the company will cooperate fully with the investigation.

In spring 2014, members of the firm testified in the Charbonneau commission about its alleged involvement in a water meter overbilling scheme.Three engineers with the firm pleaded guilty to charges related to their participation in that system.