Robbery with violence, Palm Beach
Gold Coast police are searching for five men after a taxi driver was assaulted and robbed at Palm Beach this evening.
The taxi had been transporting the men when one of them grabbed the driver’s personal property from the front of the cab.
The driver, a 30-year-old Gold Coast man, stopped the taxi in 23rd Avenue, Palm Beach around 6.40pm. He was then punched a number of times to the head before the group fled with his wallet and a sum of cash.
They were last seen running towards the Gold Coast Highway.
They are described as Caucasian; one was bald and wearing a black jumper with a white logo on the back, and jeans.
The driver sustained minor injuries and police investigations are continuing.
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