A foreign national has been detained in Kazakhstan's capital on suspicion of stealing $3,600 from a passenger seated in front of him on an airplane, infohub.kz reports.
According to NUR.KZ, citing the Transport Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a 41-year-old Astana resident approached officers at Astana Airport. The man said he had arrived on a Chongqing — Beijing — Astana flight and discovered upon reaching Kazakhstan that $3,600 (about 1.6 million tenge) was missing.
The victim asked authorities to investigate the circumstances. Transport Police Department officers identified a suspect: a foreign citizen who had been on the same flight and seated behind the complainant.
"The suspect was detained in a hotel room in the capital. During a search, various currencies were seized from him, including the entire stolen sum. The detainee confessed. He is currently under arrest, and a pre-trial investigation is underway," the Transport Police Department said.
The stolen $3,600 has been fully returned to its rightful owner.