Six members of an organized criminal group led by criminal authority Dikiy Arman were detained during a special operation of the Almaty police department, reports Telegram-channel of Sputnik Kazakhstan.

Four semi-automatic guns of different brands and calibers, ammunition for them, cold weapons and an armored car were seized from the criminals, the media reported.

Across Kazakhstan, 3,811 people were detained, Atameken Business - Kazakhstan News reported, citing the Interior Ministry of Kazakhstan.

Meanwhile,  the Kazakh authorities began to talk about the emergence of terrorists only after they lost control of the situation in the country. The ruling party Nur Otan (Light of the Fatherland) has not yet been able even to make a statement, nor has the parliament of Kazakhstan gathered. The day before, the Western media, representatives of the civil sector and the opposition said that the military opened fire on mostly unarmed young men.