Cuban prisoner who was on pass tries to rob a central warehouse in El Vedado

They were about to steal oil and rice.

| 11/15/2023 - 7:54am (GMT-5)

Cargando — Entrance of the warehouse that was the victim of an attempted robbery Photo © Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona

Entrada de la bodega que fue víctima de un intento de robo © Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona — Entrance of the warehouse that was the victim of an attempted robbery Photo © Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona

A Cuban prisoner who was passing through tried to rob a warehouse in the early hours of this Tuesday. Vedado, In the Habana.

The subject - who was captured - tried to commit the robbery in the company of an accomplice who did manage to escape, as revealed in social networks Pedro Lizardo Garcés Escalona, constituency delegate in the Rampa Popular Council.

Place through which they accessed the establishment (Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona)

The attempted robbery occurred in a warehouse located on Calzada Street (7th) n. 302 between H and I and they had prepared oil and rice to steal them, as revealed by the source.

The theft did not take place because "two young people who were sharing near the place" They saw when the thieves broke one of the entrances to the warehouse and called the police.

(Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona)

Upon seeing the witnesses and the police, the subjects ran away. One of them was captured, but the other escaped.

Entrance of the warehouse where they tried to rob in El Vedado (Facebook/Pedro Lizardo Garces Escalona)

The individual who was arrested "He enjoyed a pass from the penitentiary center where he is serving a sentence for a crime of robbery with force", according to the source, who did not detail the identity of the detainee.

Facebook capture/Pedro Lizardo Garcés Escalona

In recent months, thefts in warehouses in Cuba have increased, in a scenario marked by food shortages and the worsening of inflation., which have led to an increase in crime.

The products that thieves most often steal from warehouses are rice, beans, powdered milk, coffee, oil, grains, sugar and cigarettes.

In October it was news that a guard was threatened with a knife by two thieves in a winery in the Lutgardita neighborhood, in the Boyeros municipality of Havana. In that case, although they managed to take 15,000 pesos, the individuals were later detained at their homes.

Only between January and May, a total of 361 robberies occurred in Cuban wineries., according to official figures.

In those first five months of the year the figure had decreased by 66 compared to the same period in 2022, although robberies increased in the provinces of Pinar del Río, Matanzas, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Holguín and also Sancti Spíritus.

The typology of forceful robberies in warehouses usually includes the breaking of doors, ceilings and windows.