Taxi Stolen while driver pees on tree

Taxi stolen as driver urinates next door to police station

Richard Charan South Bureau


Wednesday, July 4th 2007


A taxi-driver who stopped to urinate on a tree next door to the Ste Madeleine Police Station ended up losing his car to three passengers, who turned out to be thieves.

The driver never had a chance although he tried running away with the keys. The suspects chased and caught him.

The police were unaware of what was happening "next door". The station is one of five in the southland without a telephone service because of vandalised cable lines.

The taxi-driver told police that last Saturday, he picked up three men along the Manahambre Road in Princes Town, and that his troubles began when he stopped outside the Ste Madeleine Health Centre.

While urinating, he said he saw the passengers tinkering with his keys. He wrestled the keys away and ran but was caught. The men stole the Nissan B-13 car.

And around 8.50 a.m. on Monday, a hairdresser was robbed by gunmen at her salon in St Julien,

Princes Town. She said there were no customers when the men came in and stole her cell phone and jewelry.