Cabbie runs off with tourists' luggage at NAIA

Cabbie runs off with tourists' luggage at NAIA

By Perseus Echeminada The Philippine Star Updated June 06, 2012 12:00 AM 0 comment to this post

MANILA, Philippines - Two tourists lost their luggage, as well as their passports and plane tickets, when the driver of a taxi that had brought them to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) ran off with their possessions Monday night, police said yesterday.

Robin Hugh Kimpton, 67, of New Zealand and Ester Jana, 35, of Papua New Guinea boarded a Modern Chariot taxi (UVD-772) from Malate, Manila to NAIA.

Upon arriving at the airport, the taxi driver – who remains unidentified – waited for the tourists to get out of the cab, then sped off with the luggage still in the vehicle’s trunk.

The tourists lost P100,000, their laptop computers, cameras and cell phones.

Pasay police officers are tracking down the taxi driver.

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