Man says was beaten, robbed after entering taxi at Tuschen

The police say that they are investigating a report that Ali Mohamed was beaten and robbed of $20,000 after entering a taxi yesterday morning at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo.

According to the police, Ali said that he left his sister’s residence at 1.50 am for his residence and walked to the ‘Blacka’ junction to await transportation.

Shortly after, he stopped a mauve Toyota Fielder Wagon registration # unknown and he told the driver where he was going. At the time of entering the vehicle there was another male seated in the back passenger seat behind the driver.