A Habanero left a concert at the Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana on Saturday, went to the parking lot to look for his car and couldn’t find it. When he arrived at the unit of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in Cerro to report the theft, his Moskvich was already there, recovered.
The case was shared by the Facebook page , associated with the PNR, which presented it as an example of police efficiency.
According to the account from that page —the sole source of the incident, without independent verification— the thieves took advantage of the event's commotion to steal the vehicle from the parking area and changed the license plate to complicate its identification.
A patrol conducting a routine check on Ayestarán Street intercepted the car, identified irregularities in the documentation, and took it to the Cerro station, where it was confirmed to be stolen. All of this happened while the owner, identified as Eddy Daniel, remained inside the concert unaware of the situation.
The publication claims that not even 40 minutes passed between the theft and the recovery of the vehicle, before the owner had even filed a report. There is no information about any arrests or the status of the legal process.
Eddy Daniel expressed his gratitude for the outcome in a video posted on that same page: "I am very happy. As soon as I saw it, I hugged it and started to cry because I thought I would find the car dismantled. Thank you very much."
This type of publication has been repeated in different provinces throughout 2026. The PNR held public events to return stolen goods in Camagüey, Cienfuegos, Guantánamo, and Havana, always featuring photos of uniformed officers and messages of gratitude from the victims.
In September 2026, the U.S. Embassy in Havana issued a warning about the significant increase in car thefts in the capital.
The Moskvich is a Soviet-made car that has been widely used in Cuba since the era of relations with the USSR. Most of the cars of this brand that are on the road in the country are not in good condition because they are old vehicles, but they are highly valued objects on the island.
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