Saskatoon Police have charged a man with robbery with violence after he allegedly stole a cab early on Christmas Eve.

A driver for Comfort Cab called police just before 2 a.m.

He told police an intoxicated man punched the driver in the face, then forced him out of his cab at Arthur Rose Avenue and Wanuskewin Road.

The man then drove the cab north on Wanuskewin Road, said police, leaving the cabbie standing on the side of the road while temperatures plunged to -27 C according to Environment Canada.

Police found the cab at Cathedral Bluffs just north of Saskatoon and the suspect was discovered in a house nearby.

A woman was also in the cab at the time of the incident.

Police said the investigation is continuing.

The suspect is being held in SPS Detention Centre until he can be placed before a Justice of the Peace later in the evening.