Gunpoint robbery in Salmon Arm

Jan 9, 2018 | 8:07 AM

KAMLOOPS — Mounties in Salmon Arm are seeking a suspect they allege was invoved in an armed robbery over the weekend.

Staff Sgt. Scott West says it happened Saturday at around 1:30 p.m.on Ross Street.

“A lone male wearing dark clothing and a dark scarf over his face entered a financial institution brandishing a handgun and demanded cash from the employee who was on site,” he says. “As a result the robber made off with an undisclosed amount of cash and change.”

West says the man fled in the direction of Hudson Street in the downtown core.