A 24-year-old driver in Aktau decided to fish from the roof of his car on a street flooded after rain — and was held administratively liable for it, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the press service of the Police Department of the Mangystau Region, the incident occurred on November 7 at about 22:37 on the road between microdistricts 17 and 18A, near the Khalyk Arena sports school. Police officers identified a violation of public order.
An inspection established that the 24-year-old driver of a Chevrolet Cobalt had committed a series of administrative offenses. The man was held administratively liable under three articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Part 1 of Article 434 (petty hooliganism), Part 2 of Article 612 (driving a vehicle by a person without the right to drive), and Part 9 of Article 590 (driving a vehicle that has not passed the mandatory technical inspection).
The car was placed at a specialized impound lot. For the petty hooliganism, a court decision imposed an administrative fine of 86,500 tenge on the offender.
It was previously reported that the first snow had fallen in the Mangystau Region. Snowfall occurred in several settlements at once, while in Aktau forecasters had predicted rain and fog.