Humboldt RCMP have a man in custody after an armed robbery early Thursday morning in the community east of Saskatoon.
Staff at a Main Street convenience store told police that a masked man armed with a knife entered the business just before 2 a.m. CT and demanded cash.
An employee was then taken to a washroom and told to stay there.
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He then fled the store with cash and some merchandise and drove off in a GMC Terrain.
Mounties arrested him a short time later after initially stopping the SUV for an impaired driving investigation.
Derek Murray, 26, who is from Humboldt, is facing nine charges including impaired driving, theft with a weapon, unlawful confinement and possession of stolen property.
He is scheduled to appear on Friday in Saskatoon provincial court.
Humboldt is approximately 105 kilometres east of Saskatoon.
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