A woman who was carrying a pistol has been detained in Almaty, police report. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
In the evening, officers of the drug crime countermeasures unit detained the woman in the Zhetysu district, along Raiymbek Avenue.
During a check, a 9 mm pistol and five rounds of ammunition were found on her.
The weapon was seized. Police are currently establishing where the weapon came from and how it ended up in the woman's hands.
According to the woman, she found the weapon about one to two hours earlier on a concrete fence near the point where it flows into the Yesentai River. However, the veracity of this information is being checked.
The woman's actions will be given a legal assessment.