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FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM CAR-JACKING ... BUT NOW CAB DRIVERS IN ALBUQUERQUE ARE ON EDGE OVER TWO RECENT CAB- JACKINGS. AS ERIC KAHNERT TELLS US, THE CAB JACKERS WERE WELL ARMED. CAB DRIVER DAVID PINEGAR IS ON HIGH ALERT ... BECAUSE TWO OF HIS FELLOW CABBIES HAVE BEEN CAR-JACKED RECENTLY. 6:44 'a lot of drivers are justifiably concerned.-3'AROUND 1:30 A-M YESTERDAY, PINEGAR'S FRIEND PICKED UP A CUSTOMER AT THE ALL FOUR'S NIGHTCLUB ON WYOMING. THREE MILES DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN THEY GOT TO THE INTERSECTION OF COPPER AND ESPEJO, THE CUSTOMER TURNED INTO A CAB-JACKER. 7:05 'took his cab, and took his belongings, with his phone, so we went up and rescued him.-6'THE SUSPECT WAS ARMED WITH A BLACK HANDGUN. THEN, AROUND 3 A-M THIS MORNING, A SIMILAR LOOKING SUSPECT CAB- JACKED A FEMALE DRIVER NEAR TULANE AND GARFIELD. THIS TIME THE SUSPECT, ALSO ARMED WITH A GUN, CHOKED THE FEMALE CABBIE. BANBIR SINGH HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVING A CAB FOR A FEW WEEKS ... BUT HAS ALREADY GOTTEN WARNINGS FROM CO-WORKERS. 4:54 'one of the cab drivers was telling me I should keep pepper spray or something to protect yourself just in case something happens.-8' BUT THE SUSPECT MIGHT RUN INTO A CABBY PACKING MORE THAN JUST PEPPER SPRAY. 7:29 'i'd liked to warn him that half the driver's here carry protection legally, so it's a roulette situation.-9' THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO INVESTIGATE CRIMES LIKE THOSE COULD