Saanich Police are issuing a warning after a 12-year-old boy reports being grabbed by an older male.

Police report the boy was approached by the man at a bus stop in front of Tillicum elementary school in the 200 block of Burnside Road West just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

Acting Sgt. Jereme Leslie said a man in his 60s approached the boy and asked if he was travelling downtown, to which the boy said he wasnB次元官网网址檛.

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The boy then ran towards an open business and called his mom, who notified police.

The suspect is described as a white man in his 60s with a possible partial beard with white facial hair and a slender build. The suspect was wearing a blue baseball cap, a blue pinstriped collared shirt with white accents and was carrying a black umbrella with orange polka dots.

Saanich Police are asking that if you have any information about this incident to call them at 250-475-4321 or to report anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS(8477).