VANCOUVER -- A large police presence in a residential neighbourhood in Port Coquitlam is connected to an ongoing homicide investigation.

A home in a residential neighbourhood on MacPherson Drive near Mcchessney Street was behind yellow police tape with several RCMP cruisers parked in front on Tuesday night.

Sgt. Frank Jang with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team confirmed its investigators were at the property for one of their ongoing investigations. Jang did not specify which investigation but did say it is was not a "new homicide."