Somebody saw something. Somebody said something. Then the RCMP showed up.
Police pulled over a TransLink bus on Third Street at St. Patricks Avenue Tuesday evening after a passenger was overheard muttering about explosives.
“It really wasn’t a bomb threat. It was just somebody overhearing something about explosives,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, North Vancouver RCMP spokesman. “They did the right thing.”
The suspect was emotionally disturbed, De Jong said. “We spoke with him and checked his bag at the scene. No explosive device was found.”
Even though there was no real danger, this is “absolutely” what TransLink had in mind when it launched its See Something Say Something awareness and crime reduction campaign in 2014, according to Transit Police spokeswoman Anne Drennan.
“It turns out this is a person that we also have dealt with recently and has apparent mental issues. You just never know,” she said. “It tells us this is somebody we need to be on alert for now.”
Transit riders can text non-emergency reports of wrongdoing or concerns directly to Transit Police at 87-77-77.
