The police say that they are investigating a report that Ali Mohamed was beaten and robbed of $20,000 after entering a taxi yesterday morning at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.
According to the police, Ali said that he left his sister’s residence at 1.50 am for his residence and walked to the ‘Blacka’ junction to await transportation.
Shortly after, he stopped a mauve Toyota Fielder Wagon registration # unknown and he told the driver where he was going. At the time of entering the vehicle there was another male seated in the back passenger seat behind the driver.
While he was in the vicinity of Tuschen `Blacka’, he noticed that the driver turned the corner right of the junction and stopped. It was at that stage the victim said that he was dealt several cuffs about his body by the man driving the car known as Robin and the other male. He was then relieved of the $20,000.
The police said that Ali reported that he was subsequently thrown out of the vehicle after which the two suspects both escaped in the said vehicle.
Checks were made for the suspects and the vehicle but they were not seen. Several persons in the area were questioned but no useful information was received.
