A 42-year-old driver attached to City Taxi Service on Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, was robbed of his silver/grey Toyota Allion motorcar bearing registration number HD 1117 around 23:25hrs on Mandela Avenue, West Ruimveldt, on Friday night.

The driver was identified as Fazio Khan of Mahaica, East Coast Demerara (ECD).

Reports indicate that an armed bandit posing as a passenger hijacked the taxi with the help of two accomplices. The suspect went to the taxi service base and requested a car to go to West Ruimveldt.

The taxi driver took the hire and proceeded to the location as directed by the suspect and upon arriving in the vicinity of Cool Square on Mandela Avenue, the two other suspects approached the driver’s side door, while the passenger who was armed with a handgun placed the weapon to the victim’s head and ordered him out the car.

The driver complied, after which the two suspects then joined the other male in the car and made good their escape east on Mandela Avenue, taking with them the victim’s cellphone, a radio set and his driver’s licence.

The incident was reported to the police and an investigation is underway.