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Nighttime robbery at Days Inn

NANAIMO – Culprit flees with cash after robbing Days Inn.

Police in Nanaimo are looking for a man who robbed the Days Inn, located on the Island Highway in south Nanaimo.

The robbery happened at about 10:20 p.m. Tuesday when a man entered the hotel lobby through a rear door, told a clerk he had a gun and demanded money.

The culprit ran toward Haliburton Street after the clerk handed over an undisclosed amount of cash.

The suspect is described as about 6'2" tall with a medium build and a French accent, who was wearing a black toque, sunglasses, a black jacket with a white vertical stripe, black pants with reflective strips and was carrying a dark blue back pack.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Nanaimo RCMP at 250-754-2345 or contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.nanaimocrimestoppers.com.



Chris Bush

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As a photographer/reporter with the Nanaimo News Bulletin since 1998.
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