Mounties have named the bandit believed to be responsible for a bank robbery road trip across western Canada.

After putting out a call for public help last week, RCMP arrested 26-year-old Shaun Christopher Cornish, formerly of Langley, B.C., at a hotel in Grande Prairie Friday.

He’s now facing charges for three robberies committed in Lethbridge, High River and Claresholm with charges also pending in Saskatchewan and B.C.

Police believe the suspect is responsible for as many as nine bank robberies dating back to Dec. 1, stretching from Merritt, B.C. To Swift Current, Sask.

Just two days before he was collared, investigators believe the same suspect was responsible for another robbery in Dawson Creek, B.C.

In each case, the accused robber either brandished a weapon or threatened to use one, police said.

Cornish will appear in Okotoks provincial court on Feb. 6.

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