Suspect arrested after morning bank robbery

Police got into a foot chase with a bank robbery suspect Friday morning in the Rutland area of Kelowna.

RCMP received a report of a bank robbery in progress at a financial institution in the 300 block of Highway 33 West around 9:45 a.m. Nov. 13. All available RCMP resources flooded the immediate area, established a perimeter and began to search for the reportedly armed suspect.

Police learned that the suspect entered the financial institution, approached a teller and allegedly demanded cash. He fled the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

“Citizens advised police that the suspect was observed running through a neighbourhood nearby. Our officers located the suspect on foot in the area of 100-block of Adventure Road,” stated RCMP Cst. Solana Pare, spokesperson for the Kelowna Detachment. “Those officers pursued the suspect on foot, and managed to take that suspect into police custody without incident.”

The suspect, a 43-year-old Kelowna man, faces potential charges and remains in police custody at this time.