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Police arrested Saturday a U.S. serviceman stationed in Korea on charges of assaulting a taxi driver and stealing his vehicle, sources said.

A police officer identified the cab hijacker as a 34-year staff sergeant from the Eighth Army.

“The U.S. soldier punched a 48-year-old cab driver in the face and stole the vehicle at around 1 a.m. He was arrested after driving the cab for about 2 kilometers,” the officer said.

“His blood alcohol content level was 0.122 percent that would lead to the cancellation of the driver’s license.”

The taxi driver reportedly asked the soldier to use another taxi after a minor collision with a motor scooter in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul.