RCMP nab suspect in multiple bank robberies

Posted Jan 30, 2015 6:14 pm.

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Grande Prairie RCMP say they’ve arrested a suspect wanted in nearly a dozen bank robberies across western Canada since early December.

The 26-year-old was taken into custody at a motel in the northern Alberta city Friday afternoon without incident.

Earlier this week, police released surveillance photos of the suspect saying they believed he was behind at least eight robberies in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan since December and called him armed and dangerous.

The most recent robbery happened in Dawson Creek on Wednesday.

Police won’t be releasing the man’s name or charges he’s facing until next week.

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