A teenager is due in court today after being charged with robbing a taxi driver’s vehicle at knifepoint.
The 17-year-old is due to arrive at Glasgow Sheriff Court today following the incident in the Easterhouse area of the city that occurred last week.
It happened at around 11:35pm on Thursday 2 Ausgust, when a blue Skoda taxi was flagged down by two males in Langbar Crescent near to Edinburgh Road.
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It is alleged a knife was presented and the car was taken and later found abandoned after crashing into a tree near St Lukes Avenue in Carluke.
Another vehicle was reported stolen from outside a property on Lanark Road, Carluke, in the early hours of Friday, 23 August, and found abandoned in Hallhill Road in Barlanark, Glasgow. The incidents are being treated as linked.
Enquiries are ongoing to trace the second male. Anyone with information is asked to contact Police Scotland on 101, quoting incident number 4370 of Thursday, 22 August, 2024.
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