A LORRY driver was punched in the chest with the butt of a gun after two men hijacked his lorry.
The 32-year-old man stopped his seven-and-a-half-tonne vehicle at a red traffic light at the junction of Crofton Road and Farnborough Common, in Orpington.
Two men jumped into the lorry's cab, one of them slamming the driver in the chest with the butt of his handgun when he refused to drive off.
He was forced to drive through Sidcup, where he had his arm twisted behind his back and was ordered to jump out of the lorry at Haven Close.
Bromley police spokesman Sergeant Amanda Weston said: "The lorry was carrying a mixed load including nappies, power tools and a pallet of beetroot. But nothing was taken."
The suspects are both black and aged about 30. One is stocky. The other is slim.
Anyone with information about the incident, which occurred at 10am on January 3, should call Det Sgt Bob Panton at Bromley CID on 020 8284 8811.
January 28, 2003 11:00
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