Man captured stealing an electric motorcycle in Havana.

A thief was caught by a police officer while stealing an electric motorcycle from a house in Vedado, Havana, according to official sources.

The criminal, identified as Bryan López, broke into a house located on G, between 13 and 15, in Vedado, broke the security lock of the steering wheel of an electric bike-motorcycle, and was taking it out of the house when he was caught in the act by the sector chief of the Police, according to information published on Facebook by user Javier Gutiérrez, one of the many profiles linked to the regime.

The report states that the head of the sector of the PNR was making his "usual rounds" in that area of the Plaza de la Revolución municipality when he saw López leaving the house with the stolen vehicle. The date of the incident was not specified.

In a sarcastic tone, which is usual for this type of profiles on social media that seek to praise the Cuban Police, the post commented that, "without saying a word," the thief “was taken to his new home, where he won't have to worry about transportation.”

Similarly, he celebrated the incident as “another victory for the authorities and another asset recovered” and warned, with triumphalism: “This is how it should always be done, keeping crime low, the illegalities, and everyone involved in wrongdoing in check, because the people need it and will not tolerate the impunity of crime or tolerance for wrongdoers.”

However, the publication does not put the event into context, which, far from being an isolated incident, unfortunately, has become part of daily life in Cuba, where reports of thefts, assaults, and violent crimes are made daily—often with the intention of robbing the victims—keeping the citizens on edge.

In the face of increasing crime and insecurity, the population has questioned the lack of action and the inefficiency of the police officers, as happened with the theft of a horse on a farm in the El Caney neighborhood in Santiago de Cuba last Friday morning. Residents of the area captured the thief, only for the police to release him a few hours later.

It is common for neighbors in areas where robberies occur to take matters into their own hands to capture the criminals and hand them over to the authorities, though without guarantees that they will be kept in custody and prosecuted by the justice system as they should be.