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.
