UPDATE: Saanich Police locate vehicle, arrest suspect wanted for armed robbery

Saanich Police say a suspect wanted in connection to an armed robbery on Friday has been arrested.

In a post on social media Saturday afternoon, the department said the vehicle and the suspect were stopped by officers late Friday night.

An earlier version of this story appears below

Police are on the hunt for a suspect and a stolen vehicle associated with a recent armed robbery near Victoria.

At around 3 p.m. on Dec. 3, a male suspect entered a gas station on Burnside Road West and Harriet Road, walked up to the cashier, pulled out a knife and demanded money, according to the Saanich Police Department.

The suspect received an undisclosed amount of cash, exited the storefront, and then entered a red vehicle, which was last seen heading westbound on Burnside Road West, police say.

No one involved in the alleged incident was physically harmed.

The suspect is described as a five-foot-five inch tall slim-built male with short dark black hair, a long, black-sleeved shirt that had a white undershirt.

The vehicle linked to the incident is described as a red 2022 Hyundai Kona with B.C. license plate HJ6-35J. Saanich PD says the Kona was reported stolen from the Nanaimo area earlier on Dec. 3

“If you see this vehicle with the matching plate, please call 9-1-1 immediately. Do not approach the suspect, as he is considered armed and dangerous,” Const. Markus Anastasiades, media relations officer with the Saanich Police Department, said in a press release.

Stock images of a 2020 Hyundai Kona (Saanich Police Department).

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