Po­lice in the Port-of-Spain Di­vi­sion are warn­ing dri­vers em­ployed with ride-share com­pa­nies to ex­er­cise cau­tion when agree­ing to meet po­ten­tial cus­tomers, not­ing there has been an in­crease in re­port­ed rob­beries.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia Ltd on Thurs­day, one of­fi­cer con­firmed that there have been six re­ports of ride-share dri­vers be­ing robbed af­ter be­ing lured in­to ar­eas in and around Port-of-Spain by ban­dits pos­ing as cus­tomers.

In the most re­cent in­ci­dent, on Wednes­day night, po­lice said a 25-year-old man work­ing with a ride-share com­pa­ny re­spond­ed to a re­quest for a ride and picked up a cus­tomer on Eighth Av­enue, Barataria.