Seoul - A 34-year-old American staff sergeant in South Korea was apprehended by the authorities on suspicion of beating a cab driver and stealing his taxi.
According to Yonhap agency, the suspect whose identity was withheld, punched the taxi driver in the face and later took off with the taxi at 1:45am.
The taxi driver asked his American passenger to use another taxi after a minor collision with a motor scooter outside of Seoul, it said.
"At the time of the detention, he had a blood alcohol concentration of 0.122%, a level which leads to the cancellation of his driver's license," Yonhap quoted an officer saying.
"He could face charges of beating, drunken driving and robbery," the officer added.
