Two men were last night captured by police in the Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara after they allegedly tried to hijack car from a taxi driver.
Stabroek News gathered that at around 7.30 pm a taxi driver Tyrone (only name given) of Platinum taxi base, picked up two men on the Diamond access road. They told him they were going to 6th Avenue Diamond.
After arriving at the destination, one of the men who was sitting in the front passenger seat pulled out a gun and pointed it at the driver. At this point the driver jumped out of the car and ran to the back. He told the men his day’s earnings were in the car and they could have it. The would-be carjacker then fired a shot and the taxi driver who is a licensed firearm holder fired back at them.
