Taxi driver robbed of motor car in South Ruimveldt, dumped in Sophia

Shon Azeez, 32, a taxi driver attached to the Double ‘D’ Taxi Service at Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was on Wednesday evening robbed of his motor car by three passengers at South Ruimveldt, Georgetown.
Police stated that the robbery took place at about 21:30h by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun and a female.
Preliminary investigations revealed that on the day in question at about 20:30h, the victim was seated in the driver’s seat of his Black Toyota Allion motor car when he was approached by one of the male suspects and the female, who requested to be taken to South Ruimveldt.
Upon arrival in the area, the taxi driver was directed by the female, who was in the front passenger seat to stop behind the ‘shopping plaza’.
As the car came to a halt, the woman exited the car while the male suspect choked Azeez from behind. A third person, who was standing on the southern side of the road, approached the vehicle, held the driver at gunpoint, and demanded that he open the door.
Out of fear, the driver complied, and the suspects then proceeded to tie him up and bundled him into the back of the vehicle.
The vehicle was later driven to ‘A’ Field Sophia, where the suspects left the victim at the side of the roadway after which they sped off the scene with his $1.6 million vehicle and a mobile phone.
With his hands still tied behind his back, he raised an alarm and was assisted by public-spirited citizens who took him to the Turkeyen Police Station.
An investigation has been launched into the robbery.