Squamish RCMP last week arrested a man in connection with last week's robbery of the local branch of Royal Bank.
The robbery occurred last Tuesday (Sept. 6) at 3:30 p.m., when a man entered the bank and produced a note stating that he was armed with a gun and demanding money. The suspect escaped by bicycle after having been given an undisclosed amount of cash.
Afterward, police issued a pair of photographs taken from bank surveillance video to the media. Then, late Thursday (Sept. 8), police stated that they were looking for Christopher David Prokopchuk, who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for parole violations and, according to the statement from RCMP Sgt. Wayne Pride, "may be in the Squamish area." Prokopchuk was also wanted for a bank robbery in Vernon, during which he allegedly produced a handgun, Pride said.
On Friday (Sept. 9), local police stated that Prokopchuk, who was a suspect in the Royal Bank robbery, had been located and arrested without incident in the downtown area. Pride shared his appreciation with the media and public for their assistance with the case, but declined to provide further details.
