Police in Aktau have uncovered a brazen jewelry theft scheme, detaining two suspects in a fraud case involving gold worth more than 34 million tenge, infohub.kz reports.
According to the press service of the Mangystau Region Police Department, the gold items are valued at a total of 34 million 195 thousand tenge. Investigators believe that on October 22 at around 14:19, a woman entered a jewelry store in a shopping center in Aktau's 4th microdistrict, gained the salesperson's trust, took six gold items and fled.
"According to the investigation, she introduced herself as the daughter of a store owner's acquaintance and, under the pretext of buying gold jewelry at a discount, persuaded the salesperson to hand over the items. The woman then left the store without paying for the goods," the Mangystau Region Police Department said.
During operational and search activities, criminal police officers established that two citizens who had arrived in Aktau from Almaty may have been involved in the crime.
On October 24, the suspects were detained near the village of Sagyz in Atyrau Region as they attempted to leave the area in a Toyota Camry. During an inspection of the vehicle, police found and seized six gold items.
A criminal case has been opened under Article 190 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Fraud). The suspects have been placed in a temporary detention facility. The investigation is ongoing.