A family-of-three have been taken for mental health examinations after police found hundreds of plastic bottles with urine stored in their apartment.
Parents and their adult son, named Zhenya, had been relieving themselves into bottles for a year after having their utilities cut off for unpaid bills in the city of Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan.
They were reported to the police by their neighbours who were tired of the unbearable stench coming from their home. Police had to use a crowbar to break in after the owners refused to cooperate and open the front door.
The inhabitants of the 'house of horror' explained to law enforcement they started to urinate into bottles a year ago after having utilities turned off for failure to pay.
During this time, they collected about 300 gallons (1,300 liters) of urine, according to local media.
According to neighbours, they turned their home into a rubbish dump and lived among hordes of cockroaches.
Next door, a woman called Svetlana Nenastyeva told a local TV channel: 'We think Zhenya's parents damage his life and have a bad influence on him.
'About two years ago he quit his job, switched to a reclusive life then stopped washing.
'This family is a big problem for us. We are tired to live in constant stench coming from their home.'
Neighbours are now organising themselves to clean the filthy apartment, local reports stated.
Family urinate into bottles for a YEAR and store 300 gallons in flat
Parents and their adult son, named Zhenya, had been relieving themselves into bottles for a year after having utilities cut off for unpaid bills in the city of Aktau, southwestern Kazakhstan.
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