Teen held after allegedly luring taxi driver into robbery trap
Crime
August 17, 2026
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A 16-year-old boy is in police custody after a taxi operator was allegedly ambushed and robbed by two men posing as passengers along the Thompson Pen Road in Spanish Town, St Catherine.
The teenager was arrested by investigators attached to the St Catherine North Police Division in connection with the robbery, while his alleged accomplice remains at large.
Reports are that about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 15, the taxi operator was travelling the Spanish Town-Thompson Pen route when two men reportedly flagged down the vehicle.
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