Gunman held after robbing dispatcher at Green Ice

Taxi drivers managed to apprehend an armed bandit after he had robbed a female dispatcher from the Green Ice Taxi Service located at Cross Street and Mandela Avenue yesterday around 12:30 pm.

According to a police press release, Jenella Burke, 25, was on duty when a man, armed with a handgun, approached her and took away her personal jewellery, two cell phones and $51,000 cash, later escaping on foot.

Burke quickly alerted drivers attached to the taxi service and informed them of what had transpired. Drivers then