A 33-year-old "PH" taxi dri­ver man­aged to es­cape un­hurt af­ter be­ing hi­jacked in La Brea by two gun­men.

Re­ports stat­ed that around 1:30 pm on Sun­day the 33-year-old dri­ver was ply­ing his sil­ver Nis­san Almera for hire along Belle Vue #2 when he was stopped by a "pas­sen­ger" wear­ing a white vest and black hat. He picked him up and con­tin­ued dri­ving. When they got to the dead-end, an­oth­er man, armed with a firearm, ac­cost­ed him. The pas­sen­ger who was in the front seat al­so point­ed a gun at him.

Afraid for his life, the dri­ver fought them off, leapt in­to the back seat, ex­it­ed the back door and es­caped. He was as­sist­ed by pedes­tri­ans. When he re­turned to the scene with the po­lice, his car was still there, but his Sam­sung A23 phone, his pi­o­neer deck and the key—which had been in the ig­ni­tion—were miss­ing. Cpl Nar­ine, Cpl Al­cala and PC Sil­ver­ton of the La Brea Po­lice Sta­tion con­tin­ued en­quiries and ar­rest­ed a 22-year-old labour­er of Belle Vue #2.