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Armed robbery on Vancouver Street

Police are on the lookout for a suspect following an armed robbery of a local business in the late Wednesday afternoon. Prince George RCMP were called to the 1000 block of Vancouver Street at about 4:30 p.m.

Police are on the lookout for a suspect following an armed robbery of a local business in the late Wednesday afternoon.

Prince George RCMP were called to the 1000 block of Vancouver Street at about 4:30 p.m. where they were told a lone man entered the business, produced a knife and demanded cash.

The employee was co-operative and the suspect fled the scene with a small amount of cash.

The suspect is described as a First Nations male in his early 20's with "bushy" eyebrows, approximately 173 cm (5'8"), medium build, wearing a black "puffy" jacket, black bandana

and black baseball cap. He had a gold ring on his right hand.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Prince George RCMP at (250)561-3300 or anonymously contact Crime Stoppers at 1(800)222-TIPS (8477), online at www.pgcrimestoppers.bc.ca, or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES using keyword "pgtips".