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RCMP vehicles gather at Wheatland Mall after a robbery call Monday afternoon

RCMP have made an arrest in connection with an attempted armed robbery this week in Swift Current.

Police say 30-year-old Cody Bender was apprehended Tuesday and faces an attempted armed robbery charge after a business at the Wheatland Mall was held up Monday afternoon. The suspect in the incident entered the business and produced a weapon in an attempt to rob it, but left without any cash or merchandise.

Bender will make his first court appearance this morning in Swift Current Provincial Court.