Four men arrested for trying to steal railings from a bridge in Marianao
The intervention occurred in the early hours of the morning at the connection of 114th Street with the Havana-Pinar del Río highway; those involved used a state bus.
Four men were arrested during the early hours of Friday morning when they tried to remove the guardrails of an elevated bridge in Marianao. The event occurred at the intersection of 114th Street with the Havana-Pinar del Río Highway, where the agents surprised them while they were acting. The National Revolutionary Police reported that the detainees had criminal records. The intervention put an end to the attempt to remove metal elements from that road structure.
The group used a state bus during the operation, according to police information. The men were found at the scene while they were removing the pieces of the bridge, and not after the vehicle left the area. The action took place around 1:00 a.m., according to the data released on the procedure. The arrest was made in the municipality of Marianao, at the point where the street and the highway coincide.
Forces from the Marianao PNR participated in the operation along with the Patrol Brigade of the General Directorate of the PNR. The joint action made it possible to surprise the four involved during the attempted robbery, when they were still on the bridge. The intervention took place in the vicinity of the elevated road and not on another section of the highway, according to the description of the place offered by the National Revolutionary Police.
The object of the attempt was the protective railings installed on the bridge, not other components of the bus or goods of a home or business. The location was identified as the intersection of 114th Street and the Havana-Pinar del Río Highway, in Marianao. These data place the episode in a specific road infrastructure and delimit the place where the arrest occurred.
The police information described the event as an attempt to remove the railings and indicated that the four men were arrested before completing the operation. The use of a state vehicle and the intervention of patrols were part of the reported procedure. Thus, the central event was the capture of those involved on the bridge itself, during the early hours of Friday, while they were trying to remove the protective pieces.