ZAHEER Khaleel, a 22-year-old taxi driver of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, is now thanking his lucky stars after he was held up at gunpoint by two men and robbed of cash and a mobile phone, after the men hired his taxi.Information received suggested that only one of the men was carrying the firearm, based on what was reported to the police.

The incident took place around 21.00 hrs. The men reportedly robbed the male driver of his mobile phone and $10,000 before making good their escape.

An alarm was raised and the police quickly responded to the report and captured one of the suspects after he was confronted by the lawmen. The second suspect managed to escape from the police.

The fleeing bandit reportedly discharged rounds at the police who returned fire, but no one was injured in that exchange. The police managed to recover the taxi driver’s mobile phone on the captured suspect’s person, but there has not been any report on the recovery of the weapon, which was used to exchange fire with the police.

The matter is continuing to engage the attention of the police in ‘A’ Division, as well as the Criminal Investigation Department at Eve Leary.