Elderly Benque taxi driver attacked and robbed of $200

Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2019. 2:01 pm CST.

By BBN Staff: Authorities are investigating an armed robbery that occurred in Benque Viejo yesterday afternoon.

Sixty-eight-year-old Jose Antonio Roca, a taxi driver of Arenal road, Benque Viejo told police that around 4:00 p.m. yesterday, he was driving his taxi from Benque bus terminal to the Western border taking two passengers.

One of the passengers attacked Roca and placed a knife on his throat then took $200 from him.

A struggle ensued between Roca and the culprits. Roca was cut to the hand and chin.

An investigation is on going.

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