Taxi driver foils robber

ILOILO City – A taxi driver foiled a passenger who tried to rob him in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro district before dawn yesterday.

According to 39- year- old Franklin Cabagua, driver of Light of Glory taxi, the stunned robber ran away but he would surely recognize the culprit should he see him again.

Cabaguan, a resident of Barangay Baguingin Lanot,

Alimodian, Iloilo, immediately reported the robbery attempt to the Jaro police station.

He picked up his passenger at the Ceres bus terminal in Barangay Camalig, Jaro around 1 a.m., he told the police.

The passenger asked to be Jaro near Central Philippine University.

According to Cabaguan, the man, around 5’2” in height, was wearing a white t-shirt and a pair of jeans.

Upon reaching Barangay San Isidro, the passenger declared a with a .38 handgun.

Undaunted, Cabaguan – who at 5’7” was bigger and taller than the suspect – wrestled the gun from his passenger.

The man fled after losing his gun to the taxi driver, said Inspector Ronaldo Amihan, Jaro police chief./

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