A TAXI driver from Diamond Housing Scheme was shot in South Ruimveldt on Wednesday night when two men attacked him and hijacked his motor car.Police reported that at about 20:45 hrs on Wednesday, taxi driver, Dwayne Estwick of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank of Demerara, was attacked and robbed of his motor car at Kiskadee Drive, South Ruimveldt, by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

He was shot and injured to his buttocks during the incident. One of the men had hired Estwick at Stabroek Market to go to South Ruimveldt. There the other man joined him and they then attacked and robbed the taxi driver.
Estwick has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital while the motor vehicle has not been recovered as yet.

Meanwhile, in a separate incident at about 18:30 hrs on Wednesday, police ranks who stopped and searched a motor vehicle at Lethem found an unlicensed .38 Taurus revolver with six rounds.

Two Brazilian nationals have been arrested and are in police custody assisting with the investigations.