Attempted armed robbery, Warwick

Police are investigating the attempted armed robbery of a taxi driver at Warwick this evening.

At 7.30pm the taxi driver picked up a passenger outside a shopping centre on Grafton Street who asked to be taken to a park on Park Road.

On arrival of the destination, the passenger produced a knife and demanded money however a struggle ensued which resulted in the taxi driver receiving a cut to the hand.

The passenger then exited the vehicle with the knife and without any cash from the driver.

The passenger has been described as a boy in his mid-teens, of Aboriginal appearance, 160 centimetres tall with dark hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a baseball cap which was yellow at the front, a dark coloured hoodie, dark coloured track suit pants and black shoes.

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