Police are looking for an armed robber who held up the Royal Bank branch in Chase this afternoon.
About 1:20 p.m., a man walked into the bank, brandished a long-barrelled firearm, and demanded money.
After obtaining a quantity of cash, he fled the bank and got into the passenger side of a newer, white GMC SUV.
The vehicle took off southbound on Chase Street and may have turned onto Highway 1, however its direction of travel is unknown.
The suspect was disguised, but described as approximately five feet 10 inches tall, and 180-190 pounds. He was wearing a white hoody with a Fox logo on the chest, a multi-coloured balaclava, black pants and gloves, and carried a black fabric grocery-type bag.
The driver of the SUV was not seen.
No one was injured in the incident, and there were no customers in the bank at the time.
RCMP say there are indications the suspects called in a false report of shots fired in the North Shuswap, to draw police away from the downtown core just prior to the robbery.
Chase RCMP ask anyone with information to call the detachment at 250-679-3221 or CrimeStoppers.