A 16-year-old student is in police custody after robbing a gold miner of cash and cell phones while he was standing on the Kitty Public Road, in the vicinity of the Seawall, awaiting a taxi in the wee hours of Monday morning.

Reports indicate that about 00:30hrs, the 30-year-old gold miner of L’Oratoire, Canal Number #1 Polder, West Bank Demerara, was standing on the Kitty Public Road awaiting a taxi when four suspects, one armed with a firearm, pounced and relieved him of his valuables.

Police said as the suspects were fleeing the scene, the victim valiantly pursued them and apprehended the youth who, because of an injured foot, was unable to keep up with the pace of his accomplices. The teen who resides in Kitty, Georgetown, was handed over to the police and was found in possession of one of the victim’s phones.