Police officers in the Ulytau region returned a handbag containing cash to a resident of Astana, which she had forgotten in a café in the Zhanarkinskiy district, as reported by Tengrinews.kz.
According to the Telegram channel Polisia.kz, this New Year's story with a happy ending involved a Kazakhstani woman named Zarina.
"While traveling to Zhezkazgan, she forgot her bag with a large sum of money in one of the cafés in the Zhanarkinskiy district. Realizing her loss while on the road, the Astana resident promptly contacted the police," the publication states.
It is explained that the police responded quickly to the report and located the lost handbag in a short time, returning it to its owner.
The regional police department added that the amount of cash was over one million tenge.
The young woman expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the police for their professionalism and promptness.
A major theft occurred on New Year's Eve in Kokshetau.
Recall that earlier, the police in Almaty advised Kazakhstani citizens not to post about their departures on social media. According to the official representative of the city police department, Saltanat Azirbek, this information could be exploited by criminals.
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