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 …

 A 23-year-old college student with the initials Ni Luh U committed suicide by hanging herself. The victim was found hanging in her dorm room at Jalan Gunung Lumut Gang Drupada No. 2 Denpasar on Sunday at 7:30pm. Denpasar police have opened an investigation into what might have led this young  woman to end her own …

Bali officials are taking the first step to tackle the huge drug epidemic in Bali by admitting that there is in fact, a huge problem. Head of Bali National Narcotics, Komjen Heru Winarko opened the BNN 2020 Leadership Meeting in Denpasar, yesterday by saying “Of all the regions in Indonesia, all types of narcotics are …

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, …

A large billboard with a picture of a girl in a bikini on Jalan Raya Batubulan, District Sukawati, was visited by officers of the Gianyar Municipal Police Unit (Satpol PP) on Tuesday. The billboard was considered to be unethical and not aesthetic for the Bali community.  Head of Satpol PP Gianyar, I Made Watha, claimed …

888 pigs have been suddenly died in Bali and are suspected of having the African Swine Flu.  According to the Bali Provincial Animal Husbandry and Animal Health Service, the tourists hot spots of Denpasar, Badung and Tabanan have been the hardest hit by suspected Swine flu deaths.  The Department of Agriculture and Food Crops, and …

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 …

One person has died in a house fire cause from an alleged gas leak in Denpasar.  Friday morning at 7:00am a kitchen fire broke out in the Banjar Graha Santi neighborhood in Pemecutan, West Denpasar.  (Image: Istimewa) 34-year old An. Nurul from Surabaya died in the blaze when an alleged LPG cylinder began to leak …

Bali tourism operators and agencies have said that Chinese visitors are now down 100% in Nusa Penida due to the Corona virus outbreak. I Putu Darmaya, a hotel owner in Nusa Penida said that since the outbreak, Chinese tourists to his area have plummeted 100 percent. As a result, a number of accommodations in Nusa …

A total of 86 flights linking the Indonesian resort island of Bali to various cities in China have been cancelled since January 13, 2020 in response to the spread of the novel Coronavirus. The amount of Chinese tourists dropped significantly by 21.7 percent between January 25 and 30 said Arie Ahsanurrohim, communication and legal manager …

A chinese man is facing the death penalty after being caught trying to smuggle in 3 kilograms of Methamphetamine at the Bali Ngurah Rai Airport. 43-year-old Ping Kwong remained calm and relaxed as he was arrested at the airport when officials found drugs in his suitcase. Officials say the man was acting suspicious which led …