The Police say they are investigating the theft of a car from Shon Azeez, a 32-year-old taxi driver from Eccles, East Bank Demerara.
He was relieved of his black Allion motor car bearing registration number PRR 8812, valued at $1.6m, and one cell phone valued at $50,000.
The robbery reportedly occurred at about 9.30 am on Wednesday) at South Ruimveldt.
The investigation disclosed that Azeez is attached to the Double ‘D’ Taxi Service situated at Eccles. At about 8.30 pm on Wednesday night, Azeez was seated in the driver’s seat of the vehicle when he was approached by one of the male suspects and the female, who requested to be taken to South Ruimveldt.
On arrival in South Ruimveldt, the taxi driver was directed by the female, who was in the front passenger seat while the male was seated behind the victim, to stop behind the ‘shopping plaza’.
The female suspect then exited the car while the male suspect choked the taxi driver from behind. Another male, who was standing on the southern side of the road, then ran up to the vehicle and pointed a gun at the taxi driver, demanding that he open the door. The victim complied, and the suspects tied up the taxi driver and bundled him into the back of the vehicle.
The vehicle was driven to ‘A’ Field Sophia, where the suspects left the victim at the side of the road. They then escaped with the vehicle in an unknown direction.
The taxi driver, hands still tied behind his back, raised an alarm and was assisted by public-spirited citizens who took him to the Turkeyen Police Station.
Investigations continue.
