Good deed Taxi driver Rodney Chad Mallari returns the pouch that was left by its owner American Belen Zoza Swegler. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

A taxi driver yesterday returned to its rightful owner a black pouch containing cash and valuable items worth P150,000.

Rodney Chad Mallari, a driver of Peoples Network Transport, handed over P50,000 cash, $2,000, several credit cards, IDs and an iPhone 8 to Belen Zoza Swegler, 66, a US citizen who arrived on board a PAL flight from Palawan and took an airport accredited yellow taxi from at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) 2 and asked to be taken to Newport, Pasay City.

Swegler narrated when she checked her belongings, she was shocked to discover that her pouch was missing. She immediately returned to NAIA 2 and asked for assistance from the Terminal 2 police office with the hope to get her pouch back.

Mallari said he was on his way back to Terminal 2 when he noticed a black pouch inside his cab.

The two eventually met in Terminal 2. Swegler expressed elation over the recovery of her pouch. She thanked the driver and the T2 police for their assistance.

Swegler returned to Newport City with Mallari as his driver.

Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Ed Monreal said he is proud to have the likes of Espiritu among the ranks of NAIA accredited taxi drivers.