Two held as taxi driver robbed at gunpoint

Police in the North are questioning two men after a taxi driver was robbed at gun and knifepoint in Belfast city centre.

Police in the North are questioning two men after a taxi driver was robbed at gun and knifepoint in Belfast city centre.

The driver stopped to pick up two men, posing as customers, in the Bruce Street area at around 9 a.m.

After they got into the car, they men threatened the driver with a gun and a knife running away.

Two men were later arrested.

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