On Sunday, February 24, 2019, a taxi driver in Holon reported to police that he was held up by an armed bandit who was brandishing a gun. B’chasdei Hashem, he emerged from the ordeal unharmed as the thief made off with his money and smartphone.

A police patrol on a motorcycle was in the area when the call came in, and the 42-year-old Bat Yam resident who is believed to be the armed robber was taken into custody a short time later, still in the vicinity of the armed robbery. He has the gun used in the robbery in his possession.

The suspect was arraigned in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Monday, with police asking to hold him without bail pending the outcome of his trial.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)