Woman Charged After Taxi Cab Robbery

A Sydney woman has been charged after a cab driver told police passengers robbed him and took his vehicle in Membertou on Sunday.

33 year-old Leanne Francis Margaret Steven is facing charges of Robbery with a Firearm and Theft of a Motor Vehicle.

Police say they got a report of the robbery at the Hampton Inn just after 6:00 Sunday morning.

They say the cab was found at a gas station at about 10:00 that morning.

About an hour later, a woman was arrested for public intoxication and later charged with the robbery.

Police say the case remains under investigation.

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