Canadian gets back lost passport in hrs

CHENNAI: A 30-year-old

Canadian tourist

who lost his passport and mobile phone in a call-taxi got them back within hours, thanks to the city police.


David Andrew Taller, of Toronto, Ontario in Canada, came to Mumbai on January 1 on a tourist visa and flew into Chennai on Saturday around 5am. He booked an Uber taxi to a hotel near

Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus

(CMBT).

After he got off the taxi, he realised that he left his mobile phone and passport on the car seat and approached the

Koyambedu

police for help to retrieve them. CMBT sub-inspector Deepa who was on duty got in touch with the taxi driver and according to her instructions, the cab driver returned the valuables to personnel at the Koyambedu station around 9am. The police personnel handed over the valuables to Taller.

Taller had planned to stay in Chennai for a couple of days, visit Mamallapuram, before travelling further south to

Madurai

and

Kanyakumari

.

City police commissioner A K Viswanathan appreciated the swift action of police and the team which helped the foreigner has been called to receive a special reward from the top brass of the city police.