
A worker moves luggage trolleys outside Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C., on Dec. 31, 2020. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
A B.C. man who declared himself a “messenger of Allah” has pleaded guilty to two terrorism charges for the theft of a small aircraft from the Vancouver airport last summer that triggered a security alert and prompted Norad to deploy fighter jets.
Shaheer Cassim pleaded guilty in a Richmond, B.C., court this week on charges of hijacking an aircraft and disrupting operations at Vancouver International Airport, the Public Prosecution Services of Canada has announced.

