Police in Almaty responded to residents' complaints about apartments where intimate services were allegedly provided for money. Two suspected women were detained following the checks, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to the Almaty Police Department, officers identified addresses where intimate services were reportedly offered for payment.
The department said a patrol crew, "Buran-205," was the first to respond to a tip about a possible brothel operating in a building on Tole Bi Avenue. The information was confirmed. The woman found in the apartment was taken to the police station to establish her identity and check whether she was involved in any offenses.
A second address was checked on Shevchenko Street. There, police detained a 31-year-old foreign national suspected of providing intimate services for money. Officers are now checking whether her stay in Kazakhstan is lawful and whether any immigration laws were violated, according to the statement.
The Police Department said efforts to identify such cases are ongoing and that no tip about possible offenses is left without police attention.