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A 39-year-old taxi dri­ver has been ar­rest­ed by South­ern Di­vi­sion Task Force of­fi­cers for the al­leged as­sault of a fe­male pas­sen­ger, which was caught on cam­era and has cre­at­ed a stir on so­cial me­dia.

As­sis­tant Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Wayne Mys­tar yes­ter­day re­vealed the taxi dri­ver, who lives in Princes Town, was tak­en in­to po­lice cus­tody af­ter the vic­tim made a po­lice re­port.

His ar­rest came hours af­ter so­cial me­dia was flood­ed with calls for the taxi badge of the dri­ver to be re­voked.