RICHMOND, BC – Richmond RCMP officers are actively investigating a social media threat directed to Vancouver International Airport.

Today, shortly after 3 pm PST, YVR received an online threat via their Twitter social media platform.

“We have officers from our YVR Detachment along with officers from a number of specialized disciplines working with YVR to ascertain the legitimacy of this online posting. The Richmond RCMP is taking the comments made in the posting seriously,” says Corporal Dennis Hwang. “There is no impact to operations at YVR at this time.”