Investigators have arrested and charged two men for allegedly robbing a taxi driver in Brampton in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Peel police responded to a call at around 2:20 a.m. regarding a taxi driver who had been robbed in the Airport Road and Queen Street East area.

The 40-year-old male taxi driver reportedly picked up two men as fares from a local banquet hall. He gave them his phone so that they could make a phone call and thereafter, the two men refused to return the driver’s phone.

Both men and the driver then exited the vehicle and the men allegedly punched the driver multiple times. They fled the scene with the driver’s phone. The victim suffered bruising and was assessed at a local hospital.

The two suspects were found by uniformed officers as well as a K9 unit and officers from the Criminal Investigation Bureau.

Gurjit Sohal, 18, and Parwinder Sohal, 21, were arrested and each charged with one count of robbery.

They were both held for a bail hearing and appeared in court on Sunday.