BANDITS robbed a Diamond Cab Taxi Service driver of his valuables and hijacked his car on Monday at Garden of Eden on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD).

The driver was identified as 30-year-old Terry Persaud of Section ‘B’ Block ‘X’ Diamond, EBD. Reports indicate that Persaud was operating in Diamond Housing Scheme when two persons solicited his service; a man and woman, who sat in the rear passengers’ seat and requested to be taken to Friendship, EBD.

During the journey, a man was picked up at Friendship and sat in the front seat. Persaud said while driving in the vicinity of Garden of Eden, EBD, he felt a cold object behind his neck. He said the male in the back seat of the car demanded that he stopped the car or else he would be shot.

Fearful for his life, Persaud complied while the passenger in the front seat grabbed his hand and began beating him in the head while seizing his cell phone and cash. The taxi driver then exited the car and ran away as the hijackers escaped with his vehicle.