Bali Police have arrested an American school teacher at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport. The 37-year-old, with initials JJB, was arrested for carrying marijuana vape e-liquid into Indonesia hidden in his camera case. During a press conference the Airport Police Chief AKBP Ida Ayu Wikarniti accompanied by the Head of Customs at Ngurah Rai, …
Officials in Denpasar have deported a Malaysian man who has served 10 years in Bali’s notorious Kerobokan Prison. The man named only by his initials HKS, is now 49 years old. He is originally from Selangor in Malaysia. HKS has been sent back to Malaysia and blacklisted from Indonesia meaning he is never allowed to …
Police in Bali has arrested an Indian man who has been working on the island as a yoga teacher. 32-year-old Samarth Karwal was arrested on Friday 5th August August for possession of marijuana. Karwal was arrested in the car park of the Indomaret on Jalan Raya Kerobokan. An investigation is underway and police have shared …
Bali Police have arrested 24-year-old Ricard Fajariadi for possession of marijuana and for making marijuana-related products. Fajariadi was arrested on Friday 5th August and West Denpasar Police held a press conference on Monday 8th to share the news of his arrest. At the time of his arrest, Fajariadi was found in possession of 1.07kg of …
The Denpasar Narcotics Unit raided a home of a foreigner in Bali late last week after a suspicious package was delivered to the address. Police secured seven bottles of ‘suspected marijuana-containing liquids’ from the house, where Californian JPC has been living. The Californian in question, JPC, is being referred to by local media only by …
The Bali Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) have arrested and charged three men in connection with 900g of cocaine that they were set to distribute across the island. The men’s identities have not been released publicly as an investigation is underway. Authorities have confirmed that the three men entered Bali on tourist visas and are …
The Indonesian Narcotics Police in Bali are being kept busier than they would like in recent weeks with a series of serious drug busts and a fugitive kingpin still at large. Although some recent arrests are being considered unlinked, there has been an increase in drug-related arrests in the past few weeks. On Tuesday 28th …
Police in Bali has released details of an investigation launched in April in partnership with Interpol to arrest an Australian drug lord who is responsible for bringing millions of dollars of drugs into Bali. The dealer, known only by his initial ‘A’ was identified as a drug gang leader by Bali police after they arrested …
Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has launched an anti-drugs awareness campaign with a ‘Smash on Drugs’ International Table Tennis Tournament. The event, held at Udayana University in Badung on Sunday 21st June was operand by the Head of the BNN General Petrus Reinhard Golose. General Golose took the opportunity to speak to the press about …
The son of a Bali senator has been arrested and found to be in the possession of a significant amount of marijuana. In what is unraveling as a political scandal, the son of Badung Regency Senator Puts Parwata was arrested at his home on Saturday 14th May. News of the scandal is only hitting headlines …
A 24-year-old man named Gunggus Togar Manatar has been arrested for possessing and consuming gorilla tobacco. The Prosecutor of Badung State Attorney, Triarta Kurniawan, confirmed that the suspect was arrested for violating the Indonesian Narcotics Constitution by possessing 4.61 grams of gorilla tobacco. “We demanded that the defendant be charged with 5 years imprisonment for …
A nightclub owner with the initials AAP has been arrested for possessing over 35 kg of crystal meth in Bali. The Head of Public Relations for the Bali Police Department, Kombes Pol Syamsi, confirmed that AAP has been arrested along with his 3 partners for drug trafficking in Bali. “These 4 drug dealers were arrested …