Taxi driver granted bail over snatching of $500,000 band

A taxi driver accused of stealing a $500,000 band is now on bail after he appeared in a city court yesterday.

Gregory Alves, 42, of Lot 59 La Parfaite Harmonie, denied that on March 13, he snatched a gold and diamond band from Bhadenauth Seeraj on Water Street.

Alves told the court that he was walking along Water Street on the day in