Police arrest taxi driver who robbed OFW at airport
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2019 11:22:52 +0000
AIRPORT authorities on Saturday announced that the taxi driver who robbed an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) on April 17 had been arrested by operatives of Las Piñas police.
Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Ed Monreal said the suspect was identified as Orestes Quizon, driver of a Shammah taxi with plate number UVV-570.
Monreal said the passenger, identified as Karen Mitschek, rode the suspect’s taxi at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminal 2. The OFW had arrived from Hong Kong.
A few meters away from NAIA terminal 2, Quizon announced the hold up.
Airport authorities said the OFW immediately returned to NAIA and filed a complaint against the suspect.
She told investigators the suspect threatened to shoot her if she made any noise or refused to give her bags at gunpoint.
The OFW begged for her life and said she was longing to see her child. The suspect left her on C5 Road after the robbery.
The suspect took all her belongings including the passenger slip bearing the plate number of the taxi, given by the airport taxi dispatcher at the terminal.
Airport police officials conducted manhunt operations and found the Shammah taxi abandoned near the airport a few hours later on the same day.
The police later impounded the vehicle and contacted the operator of Shammah taxi.
Monreal banned the fleet of the Shammah taxi company from picking up passengers at NAIA.
The MIAA said it had coordinated with Las Piñas police for the possible turnover of the suspect to the airport police for the proper filing of robbery and abduction cases. BENJIE L. VERGARA
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