Surrey Search For A Wig-Wearing Suspected Bank Robber Has Ended With His Arrest

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 19 Jan, 2016 12:51 PM

SURREY, B.C. — A man wanted in Surrey, B.C., for wearing a unique disguise during a bank robbery is now in custody.

RCMP say the 39-year-old Surrey resident has been identified and arrested.

Police asked for public help identifying the man following the heist at a financial institution near the Guildford Town Centre on Dec. 29.

The man was wearing a patterned dress, white wool sweater, a long blond, curly wig and a pink toque that partially obscured his face.

Bank robber wearing unique disguise identified and arrested https://t.co/e46N2itBJ1. TY to public, media, and partners for assistance.
— Surrey RCMP (@SurreyRCMP) January 19, 2016

In a release issued Tuesday, Mounties confirmed the man was in custody, but did not release his name or say what led them to him.

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