By CJME staff

RCMP arrest man wanted in Sask., Alta., B.C. robberies

Jan 31, 2015 | 1:23 PM

An RCMP tactical team has arrested a man wanted in up to nine bank robberies across Western Canada.

Mounties say a 26-year-old suspect was taken into custody Friday afternoon at a motel in Grande Prairie, Alta.

No one was hurt in the takedown and charges are pending.

Police say the first robbery was Dec. 1 in Princeton, B.C. and then eight days later, the same robber was 200 kilometres to the north, where he held up a Vernon financial institution.

Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 28, the same suspect jumped between three provinces, holding up banks in Swift Current, Sask., High River, Alta., Merritt, B.C., Lethbridge, Alta., Claresholm, Alta., Langley, B.C., and Dawson Creek, B.C.

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Police released photos of the man entering the banks he robbed and, in every one, he was dressed in black, wearing dark glasses and either a hoodie or a toque.

-With files from The Canadian Press

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