Canada – Man Arrested In B.C. Ferry Bomb Threat
December 3, 2007 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Police evacuated the B.C. Ferries terminal at Tsawwassen yesterday and arrested a 32-year-old foot-passenger who was overheard saying that he was going to set off a bomb on the Spirit of Vancouver.
Bomb-sniffing dogs from the Delta police and RCMP swept the terminal, but failed to locate any explosives. Ferry service resumed after a brief delay.
It’s the third time this year that B.C. Ferries has been the target of a threat, and the company is threatening possible legal action in the latest incident.
“When we have bomb threats like this, we take them all very seriously,” B.C. Ferries spokesman Mark Stefanson said. “If they turn out to be hoaxes, then we may have to proceed with lawsuits, because people need to realize that making threats is very serious and it causes major problems to the traveling public.”
