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New Westminster transit cop helps foil robbery

One man has been arrested following an alleged daytime bank robbery on Tuesday. According to New Westminster Police Service acting Sgt. Bruce Carrie, the suspect entered a Bank of Nova Scotia and committed the robbery around 3 p.m.

One man has been arrested following an alleged daytime bank robbery on Tuesday.

According to New Westminster Police Service acting Sgt. Bruce Carrie, the suspect

entered a Bank of Nova Scotia and committed the robbery around 3 p.m.

Staff at the bank alerted an off-duty Transit Police member, who called 911 and pursued

the suspect. The off-duty offier was then able to provide New Westminster police with a

valuable description of the man and his direction of travel, allowing New Westminster

Police to locate and arrest the suspect without incident.

Cash taken in the heist was recovered during a search of the suspect, Carrie said in a

press release. The man was scheduled to appear in New Westminster court Wednesday

morning.

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