Three men were arrested by agents of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) and the Technical Investigations Department (DTI) after committing a robbery at the fiberglass factory in Santiago de Cuba, owned by the Perdurit Fiberglass Company.
According to a report on Facebook by the profile "Héroes del Moncada," linked to the Ministry of the Interior in Santiago de Cuba, the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.
The individuals forced the perimeter fencing of the facility, assaulted a security guard, and gained access to a warehouse from which they stole seven EcoFlow power stations, one solar panel, six batteries, and five diesel chargers.
The police were already monitoring the individuals before the operation and intercepted them as they attempted to leave the site with the stolen equipment.
According to the official source, during the operation, all the stolen goods were reportedly recovered, and the tools used to commit the robbery were seized.
The affected facility, officially known as the Fibrocemento Company "Armando Mestre Martínez," is located on the Refinery Road, kilometer 2½, in the industrial area of Santiago de Cuba, and primarily supplies construction materials to the eastern half of the country.
In recent years, with the rise of crime in Cuba, there have been reports of thefts at state entities where guards have been violently attacked.
In May, four individuals assaulted, gagged, and bound the custodian of the water pumping station in the Oscar Lucero neighborhood, in the municipality of Holguín, and stole the 32 photovoltaic solar panels that powered the system.
In September, seven individuals were arrested following a violent robbery at the mipyme Almacenes Escambray in Pinar del Río, where they also threatened the security guard.
Amid the energy crisis affecting the country, items such as EcoFlow stations, solar panels, and batteries have gained significant value in the Cuban informal market, making them high-priority targets for theft, both in homes and in state entities and public places.
In Santiago de Cuba, between May and September of this year, at least 11 solar panels were reported stolen from ETECSA's infrastructure in the provincial capital, affecting hundreds of users.
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