A decision to pick up passengers off the street proved near fatal for a taxi driver, who later found himself in a remote area on the wrong end of a gun on Saturday night.
The driver, who is attached to the GR taxi service, escaped with his life, while the car he was driving was stolen and later found stripped to its bare frame.
The driver, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Stabroek News that he picked up the two robbers after