I would hope that if the thieves were not apprehended by the police that the locals would "police" this issue themselves. At least when I was a kid growing up down there that is the way it was. The police didn't do much but the locals "policed" their own and wouldn't allow for things like this to continue to happen due to the impact on tourism. Times have definitely changed but I would hope that a small island like Jost would be continuing in this tradition of "policing."