Taxi driver mugger arrested

Taxi driver mugger arrested

TANGERANG: A taxi driver being robbed at knifepoint
deliberately crashed his vehicle into a parked minivan to alert
police on Jl. Daan Mogot, Kebon Kosong subdistrict, Tangerang
municipality, on Sunday evening.

Batu Ceper police chief Adj. Comr. Endro said an angry mob
then attacked the suspect, identified as Hendar, 20, a resident
in Ciamis, West Java, as he tried to rob Alex Sukarno, who was
driving a Kosti Jaya taxi.

Endro said the suspect stopped the taxi on Jl. Daan Mogot and
asked the driver to take him to Tangerang.

"After about 200 meters, the suspect pulled out a knife and
held it to the driver's stomach while ordering him to hand over
his money," he said.

The driver said he had money in his wallet, which he put on
the dash board. As the suspect checked the wallet, the driver saw
an approaching police car and deliberately drove into a public
minivan, jumped out of the vehicle and shouted for help.--JP