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and talked about not liking the cops because they always pulled him over, Selvanayagam recalled. According to court records, Selvanayagam shared his feeling that he’d been mistreated by police.

They met again days later at an Earls restaurant. Selvanayagam told Vijay he was tight on cash as he’d lost his airport job, records say.

Over lunch, the two talked about work, girlfriends, U.S. politics, gun policy, and their views on police.

During their next meeting, at the trendy Nightingale restaurant in downtown Vancouver, Vijay was accompanied by another undercover officer, Jamie, whom he identified as a business partner and real estate agent.

Jamie invited Selvanayagam to join him the next day to look at potential investment properties. He offered to pay him a stipend and Selvanayagam “excitedly” accepted.

The pair toured several homes in Jamie’s BMW. Jamie confided that, like Vijay, he wasn’t fond of police, Selvanayagam recalled. Records say Selvanayagam opened up about his arrest over the knife and how he had sent a threatening email to the officer who arrested him.

At the end of the day, Jamie paid Selvanayagam $100 for his help.

The pair picked up Vijay the next day so they could close a deal on a property. While Jamie drove, he made a call on his cellphone. Suddenly, a Burnaby RCMP officer pulled him over and gave him a ticket — all part of a staged encounter.

Jamie pretended to get into an argument with the officer. Vijay suggested they return to his hotel to cool down.

Inside, they ordered room service and drank beer, Selvanayagam recalled.

Selvanayagam told Jamie he had a story to “make him feel better,” according to records. He disclosed he had smashed the window of a police pickup earlier that year.

Vijay, Selvanayagam recalled, said he had a police friend who helped him do background checks on people he worked with. Would it be OK if he did one on him? Sure, Selvanayagam said.

(RCMP say the undercover officer brought up the friend in the “spur of the moment” after Selvanayagam volunteered information of which they were unaware.)

Confronted with the suspicion he was behind the threatening notes, Selvanayagam admitted it.

A few days later, police arrested him at a SkyTrain station.

In July 2017, Selvanayagam pleaded guilty to mischief and uttering threats. During sentencing, a Crown prosecutor told the judge the threats couldn’t be laughed off — not when terrorism is in the “forefront of a lot of people’s minds.”

B.C. Provincial Court Judge Joseph Galati agreed.

“Maybe you are not the danger that you have presented yourself as being, but who knows?” the judge said.