RCMP investigating cash stolen from Vancouver Island bank [Video]

Mounties are searching for two suspects who allegedly stole an undisclosed amount of cash from a bank on Vancouver Island.

No threats were made and no weapons were produced during what the Nanaimo RCMP described in a statement as a “crime of opportunity.”

According to police, the theft occurred at a Bank of Montreal branch located at 6908 Island Hwy. at approximately 1:45 p.m. Friday.

Bank employees told investigators that a customer was in the process of withdrawing money from the bank when a man who was waiting in line snatched the money and promptly left with a woman who police described as an accomplice.

Mounties were on scene within minutes of the theft, but were unable to locate the suspects, the Nanaimo RCMP said in a statement Monday.

No injuries were reported as a result of the theft, according to police.

The male suspect is described as standing approximately …