Sascha Wil­son

A 60-year-old taxi dri­ver was robbed of cash and a cell­phone by a pas­sen­ger in San Fer­nan­do on Mon­day. Po­lice said the vic­tim was at the Bor­de Narve taxi stand on Mu­cu­rapo Street, sit­ting in his gold Nis­san Almera around 6.05 pm, when a man ap­proached and hired him for a trip to Bor­de Narve. Up­on reach­ing the Bor­de Narve recre­ation ground, the pas­sen­ger asked the dri­ver to re­turn to San Fer­nan­do, say­ing he would pay him up­on ar­rival. The dri­ver agreed. How­ev­er, when they ar­rived at Prince of Wales Street, near Faith Cen­tre, the man an­nounced a rob­bery and stole $679, and a grey Sam­sung cell­phone val­ued at $900. The sus­pect then ex­it­ed the ve­hi­cle and fled on foot in an east­er­ly di­rec­tion. Sgt Seecha­ran and of­fi­cers of the San Fer­nan­do En­quiries and Op­er­a­tions Unit re­spond­ed to the scene. PC Bal­lier­a­jh is lead­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tions.