Taxi driver held at gunpoint, car hijacked

…bandits posed as customers

A taxi-driver is now counting his losses after being held at gunpoint by armed bandits before the duo hijacked his vehicle, HB 6272, and left him on the roadway.
The 48-year-old taxi driver, who hails from Rosetta, Canal Polder Number Two, West Bank Demerara (WBD), reported that he usually operates near the Stabroek Market Square, Georgetown, with his yellow Toyota Wagon.
According to the man, on Saturday morning he was approached by the two men posing as customers, who hired him to transport them to a location at Cane View, South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. He said that after reaching the destination at about 06:15h, he was waiting on his fare but was rather greeted with a gun to his face.
According to the taxi driver, he was ordered to leave the car keys in the ignition and exit the vehicle, to which he complied. He said that one of the men held him at gunpoint while the other entered the driver’s seat. They both then escaped with the car.
Commander of Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica) Sub-division A (Georgetown), Assistant Police Commissioner Edgar Thomas, when contacted said that ranks are currently reviewing Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) footage from cameras installed around the capital city to locate the missing vehicle.
In addition, Police officers are trying to ascertain if any privately-owned security cameras around the area captured the crime. Investigations into the matter are ongoing.
On January 2, a motor vehicle was stolen less than five hours after the driver parked it in front of his home and retired to bed.
Reports are that about 21:30h, the Hope Low Lands, East Coast Demerara (ECD) resident retired to bed and as he woke up at 02:15h the next morning, he realised that the car was missing.
In another incident, a 42-year-old contractor, who visited a city bank and withdrew over $3 million in cash, had his vehicle hijacked when he had parked it in the capital city while running errands.
The man had all of his money inside of his Mazda motor car when he had parked it at New Garden Street, between Church and Foreshaw Streets, Queenstown, and exited the vehicle.
Local cops retrieved the man’s motor car some hours after, abandoned in the parking lot of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC), located on Oronoque and Croal Streets, Georgetown. The money along with important documents that were inside of the vehicle were missing.