Taxi driver abducted, robbed

The driver was released on Sunday and managed to untie himself and alert the Maraval police.

He was treated at the St James Infirmary for complications associated with Diabetes and is now resting at home. According to reports, Curtis Cyrus was plying his taxi for hire along Independence Square in Portof- Spain at about 10.45 pm. He was approached by the men and woman who asked to be taken to Maracas Bay, on a hired trip.

Cyrus obliged and while proceeding along the North Coast Road and on reaching 150 metres before the Maracas Bay lookout, one of the men pointed a weapon at Cyrus and ordered him to stop the vehicle. He was then tied up and threw him in the back seat. Cyrus was driven to a nearby track and taken to a house where he was ordered to sit on a chair. On Sunday he was moved from the house and taken to the side of the North Coast Road. While there he managed to untie himself and discovered his car parked a short distance away. Cyrus made a check and discovered that $1,500 he had in his car was missing. Cpl Hunte of the Maracas Bay Police is continuing enquiries.