According to Bali Police, violent crime in Badung and Denpasar have increased due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In response, The Bali Police Mobile Brigade Task Force under the leadership of Iptu Nyoman Suadnyana have agressively increased night patrols to tackle the problem. The patrols are being carried out in high crime and gathering areas in …
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Australian Border Force officers have seized 129 fake bags and purses which a 31-year-old woman was attempting to bring into the country through Perth Airport. The items — mostly Mimco and Louis Vuitton copies — were found during a baggage examination carried out when the Tasmanian woman returned to Australian from Bali on March 6. …
A 39-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly robbing three stores in Denpasar this week. Authorities said the suspect stole a number of items to resell after he was furloughed due to the coronavirus outbreak. “He used to be a villa caretaker, but he has been furloughed for a while, about a month. He is …
A tourist from Lithuania was apprehended by local officials after using his motorcyle and rope to pull down a security fence to enter Pererenan beach. Bratsun Maxim was apprehended on Thursday after CCTV footage showed him damaging the fence and then jumping over it to gain access to the beach. “The action was discovered after …
Nine months after he was locked up in a Bali jail cell on drugs charges, Melbourne nightclub promoter David Van Iersel will next week be freed. The 39-year-old’s nine-month sentence, on a charge of personal use of cocaine, is due to expire on Monday and jail authorities say he will be freed and immediately deported …
A video of a man showing off his genitalia in front of a high school in Denpasar went viral on social media over the weekend, prompting authorities to investigate. According to reports, such incidents have happened numerous times around the school grounds. In the video, which appears to have been taken from the upper floor …
An elementary school teacher has been arrested for the alleged rape of two students over the course of a year in Mengwi, Badung. The accused with the initials AAKW threatened and sexually abused the students until one of them attempted suicide said Badat Criminal Investigation Badung Police officer, AKP Laurens Rajamangapul Heselo. The alleged abuse …
An alleged helmet thief from Bali died in hospital after being beaten by an angry mob in Kuta. The alleged thief was captured by a large group of people in front of the Ground Zero Monument on Friday. In the brutal attack, the man was critically injured and fell into a coma. He later succumed …
Two alleged Russian drug dealers were arrested by Denpasar police for growing hundreds of Marijuana plants in their Bali rental home according to Denpasar Police Chief Commissioner Ruddi Setiawan. (Image: Sahabat Polri Bali) Russian couple Iurii Chernov, 30, and her partner, Mishel Kvara Tskheliya, 27 were arrested Monday afternoon when police raided the rental home …
Two foreigners, Corneliske Josephine De Ruiter from the Netherlands and Joshua Jacometti from Switzerland were victims of home robberies in Bali. Another Indonesian citizen also had his house broken into and possessions stolen. “There were three victims of this incident, the first is Benny who has lost Rp71million, then two victims who are foreign citizens …
A 19-year-old college student with the initials Ni Putu CS has been arrested for allegedly selling her friend online to Johns for sexual services. The Head of the Public Crimes Section in Jembrana, Gatot Hariawan confirmed on Thursday (1/30) that they had arrested the female student at a university in Jembrana. Illustration According to Hariawan, …
38-year-old Russian cosmetologist Tatiana Firsova, could face 12 years in prison for possesion of cocaine when she landed at the Bali Ngurah Rai Airport. Firsova arrived to Bali on October 16th, 2019 around 19.30 on Qatar Airways flight 962 from Doha at the international arrivals terminal. Firsova was acting suspiciously when being interviewed by custom …