Male suspect arrested after downtown Kamloops armed robbery attempt

KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP made an arrest after an alleged armed robbery attempt in the downtown earlier this week.

In a news release, detachment spokesperson Cpl. Crystal Evelyn says the incident happened on Tuesday afternoon (April 11) at about 1:50 p.m., at a commercial location in the 400-block of Seymour Street.

Evelyn says responding officers were given a description and told a male suspect fled on foot.

“A plainclothes police officer located a suspect running and engaged in a foot pursuit,” said Evelyn. “The foot pursuit ended in the 400-block of Lansdowne Street when the suspect was safety taken into custody by members of the General Investigations Support Team.”