The Gadsden Police Department says it has apprehended a suspect in a bank robbery that occurred Friday.

The police department posted on its Facebook page Friday that tellers at The Exchange Bank, located at 1321 Noccalula Rd, had been robbed at gunpoint by a suspect wearing a red jacket with tattered jeans and driving a white mini-van. Police said the suspect should be considered “armed and dangerous.”

The incident occurred around 3:50 p.m. Friday, the Department said.

Saturday afternoon, Gadsden police said they had a suspect in custody.

“Almost 19 hours of freedom. Almost,” the department said on Facebook. “Suspect and his van are in the care and custody of the Gadsden Police Department.”

Gadsden police asked for the public’s help Friday in finding an “armed and dangerous” suspect who held up a bank at gunpoint Friday afternoon. The department shared photos of the suspect and his vehicle.