LTFRB, Police on the lookout for malicious cab drivers

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has teamed up with the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to address cases involving taxi drivers “drugging” female passengers. In a press release on Tuesday, October 22, the LTFRB has received reports of taxi drivers using a “special spray” that would make female passengers dizzy and numb, in order to take advantage of them. A complaint received by NCRPO indicated that one female passenger almost passed out due to a strong gaseous odor, apparently from a solution sprayed by the driver inside the taxi. Her decision to ask the driver to pull over the nearest gas station saved her from falling prey to the cab driver. LTFRB chairman Winston Ginez said that the agency and NCRPO will invite taxi cab operators in a public hearing to discuss the situation.


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