SINGAPORE: Police have arrested three suspects for
robbing a taxi driver.
Two of them are female teens, aged 14 and 17 while
one is a 20-year-old man.
Police said the incident allegedly happened at about
3am on Saturday along Cranewell Road, in Changi.
The 57-year-old taxi driver picked up the three along Tampines
Street 21 and was directed to go to Changi Beach Club.
Before reaching the destination, one of the female suspects asked
the driver to stop along Cranewell Road, saying that she needed to
vomit.
The two women alighted from the taxi while the victim waited for
them.
Moments later, the male passenger allegedly brandished a penknife
blade and placed it on the victim's neck.
A struggle ensued and the two female subjects joined in to
restraint the driver.
The suspects allegedly made off with cash of S$179.
Police officers searched for the suspects and spotted them hiding
in the bushes along Netheravon Road at about 6.40am.
They will be charged in Court on June 6 with armed robbery with
hurt, which carries a maximum of 20 years imprisonment and at least
12 strokes of the cane.
- CNA/fa