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Halifax police investigate reported robbery of taxi driver at knife point

Officers responded to the area of Young Street on Tuesday night. File / Global News

Halifax Regional Police is looking for a man who allegedly put a knife to a taxi driver’s throat and demanded cash on Tuesday night.

At 11:38 p.m., officers responded to the report of the robbery in the area of Young Street.

The suspect reportedly fled with an undisclosed amount of cash to a waiting vehicle described as a dark sedan, possibly a Chevrolet Impala.

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The taxi driver was not injured during the incident.

The suspect is described as a white male with black hair, six-foot-two-inches tall and around 25 years old, wearing a red, light summer jacket and black jeans.

Anyone with information about this incident or the identity of the suspect is asked to call police at 902-490-5016.

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