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Police are investigating a report of larceny after a man was robbed of his cellphone by a passenger he had given a lift to on Friday afternoon.

The victim, a Talparo resident, reported that around 5.30 pm, he was driving his Nissan Wingroad when he picked up an unknown male at the corner of Belmont Circular Road and Carr Street.

The passenger was described as about six feet tall, dark in complexion, of African descent, wearing a red and green jersey, denim pants, and carrying a clear backpack. He sat in the front passenger seat and requested a drop into Port of Spain.