TRENTON, Canada

A bus rammed the gates at the Ottawa residence of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, hours after a vehicle slammed into the gates on Parliament Hill.

Ottawa police said one person is in custody after an "unauthorized" vehicle plowed into the Wellington Street front gates, behind which are the parliament buildings, seat of the federal government.

Police say the driver was arrested without incident and charges are pending. The vehicle was prevented from travelling further thanks to security impediments. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m.

Later in the day at 9:30 a.m. a tour bus crashed into the gates at the entrance to 24 Sussex Dr., the official but unoccupied home of the prime minister.

Trudeau, his wife and three children are on vacation in Costa Rica and when in Ottawa they reside at Rideau cottage. The Sussex Drive residence needs extensive renovations totaling about CAN$36 million ($25 million).

The driver was the lone person on the bus and police have not drawn a link between the two occurrences. No charges have been laid and the driver was not injured.

Wellington Street has been closed since the so-called Freedom Convoy of trucks and thousands protesting COVID mandates moved into downtown Ottawa and occupied the area for three weeks earlier this year.