A cab driver has been charged after allegedly assaulting a passenger in Halifax early Saturday morning.

At about 1:15a.m., police were called to the 300 block of Langbrae Drive.

The victim and his girlfriend were in a taxi when he got in a dispute with the driver.

Police say the cabbie hit the victim in the head with a pipe-like object.

A 45-year-old cab driver faces charges of assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm.

The victim was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.