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