Stolen taxi abandoned

Stolen taxi abandoned

JAKARTA (JP): A group of men robbed a Blue Bird taxi driver in
East Jakarta on Monday and made off with his taxi, later
abandoning the vehicle after it ran out of gas.

Police found the taxi near a toll gate in the Cikopo area in
Karawang, West Java, at about 11:45 p.m. on Monday, the Antara
news agency reported.

No details on the number of robbers or the identity of the
driver were available.

Johan, a Blue Bird operator, confirmed an attack upon a taxi
bearing plate number B 1421 WE near Halim Perdanakusuma Airport
at about 9 p.m.

"But we have not received the full report on the Blue Bird
taxi robbery in Halim."

No investigating police officers were available for comment on
Tuesday.

The robbery was the first recorded this year following 1998's
spate of crimes. City police arrested 32 suspects in 14 of 29
taxi robberies last year. (ivy)