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Taxi driver drives off with passenger’s bag with $$$

Jun 14, 2011 News

– abandons vehicle minutes later

In a strange twist of events, a taxi driver deliberately drove off with his passenger’s bag containing a significant sum of cash.
The victim, Jermaine Anderson, a 36-year-old businessman, who operates in the interior, had hired the taxi, driven by one Andrew Caesar, on Sunday to take him to his lot 3541 Stevedore Housing Scheme, home.
Anderson sat in the front passenger seat and placed his haversack containing $700,000 in the back passenger seat with his clothing.
On his arrival to his home, he exited the car and was about to take out the bag to pay the suspect his $4,000 fare when Caesar drove off.
A search was immediately carried out and the motor car was found abandoned in North East La Penitence.
Later Anderson managed to retrieve his haversack with the clothing from another taxi driver, who gave his name as Richie.
Meanwhile, it has happened once again and the police seem clueless about preventing these incidents.
Yet another person has been attacked by bandits, minutes after arriving from the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.
The latest victim is 19-year old Cavita Mohan, an Alberttown resident,  who was robbed of her suitcase containing clothing and foodstuff and her passport among other items just as she arrived at her home around 2:30 hours on Sunday.
The attack was carried out by two men who were armed with handguns.
This newspaper understands that Mohan came out of a Sheriff Taxi, which she had hired from Cheddi Jagan International Airport.
As she was walking through an alleyway to get to her home, she was approached by the suspects.
The men pulled out their weapons and pointing it at their victim, and ordered her to lie on the ground. The woman complied.
The men then took away the articles. When Mohan raised an alarm, they made good their escape on foot without firing a shot.

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