The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a local man yesterday on suspicion of robbing two taxi drivers in Areia Preta district on Tuesday shortly after he got into their taxis, PJ spokeswoman Yeung Sau Chan said yesterday.
Yeung identified the suspect as a 36-year-old surnamed Wong who has been unemployed for more than a year.Yeung briefed reporters yesterday evening about the two robbery cases outside Wong’s residential building in Areia Preta district.
Judiciary Police (PJ) officers escort the hooded taxi robbery suspect from his residential flat in Estrada Marginal do Hipódromo yesterday. Photo: Iong Tat Choi