Tow young men have been arrested in the alleged phone snatching of an Australian tourist in Kuta.  I Wayan Ngongek, 21, and I Gede Gunturan alias Guntur, 18 were captured by Kuta police after stealing a Samsung A50’s owned by Steavi Lei Adele Mann, a tourist from Australia. Mann filed a police report after her …

A Swiss tourist holidaying in Bali has been left horrified after stumbling upon the body of a Kiwi man who drowned in his hotel pool. Adam Bascombe, from Dunedin in New Zealand, was found dead inside the resort swimming pool on Wednesday January 29. The tourist who found Mr Bascombe’s body reported it to staff, who …

An Australian man has been fined nearly $40,000 after trying to smuggle more than 7,000 cigarettes from Bali to Perth. He planned on selling the cigarettes to his friends back home for a profit.  The 34-year-old admitted to packing 36 cigarette cartons into his luggage for a flight into Perth International Airport from Bali on November …

Bali and in fact all of Indonesia have no confirmed cases of the Coronavirus as of February 7th. 2020.  There are 7 suspected cases of the virus under investigation in Indonesia but none of them are on the island of Bali.  Preventative measures were put in place very early at the Ngurah Rai International Airport …

An brazen thief has been arrested after entering a Kuta villa while an Australian tourist was watching TV and sneakily stole multiple times including a Apple MacBook Pro laptop.  49-year-old Australian Jonpaul Warren filed a police report immediately following the home invasion that occurred around 7:00 pm on January 30th.  According to Kuta police, the …

Residents of Senggigi village in West Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, were shocked by the discovery of a woman’s corpse inside a trash bag on Thursday.  The body was found by a villager who went fishing at 11 p.m. When he arrived at the fishing area around Jl. Alberto Senggigi, the man noticed a rotten stench, …

Eerie photos of an empty Bali airport have emerged on social media and many locals are saying tourism has been decimated by the Coronavirus. Many streets that used to be packed with Chinese tourists have now become barren following a sweeping flight ban by Indonesian officials.  There are struggling businesses that have been forced to …

A man that has been arrested 5 times for prior snatchings is back behind bars after his 6th robbery of a German tourist in Seminyak.  29-year-old Kadek Bukit was arrested for snatching a cell phone from German tourist Leoniw Scohner on Friday January 17th around 10:30 pm in Seminyak. The iPhone stolen was worth Rp. …

Two Saudi tourist were killed in a horrific motorbike accident in Kuta, Bali on Friday. Ali Salem Saeedan Aliarashdi, 28, and Hamzet Atef Mohammad Zaheer, 21 lost control of the motorbike and slammed into an electric substation killing them instantly. The accident happened at 4:30 am on Jalan Nakula Barat, Kuta, Badung. The two men …

The decline in tourism due to the Coronavirus is being felt by hotels, shops and tour operators in Bali.  Chairman of Bali Hotels Association Ricky Putra, told The Bali Sun that foreign visitor arrivals are down 27%. “From the airport, there is indeed a drop in foreign visitors which is usually around 18-19 thousand per …

Denpasar police have arrested 5 alleged drug dealers and 15 addicts in a new sting operation they’ve started for 2020.  The sting operation ran from January 22 to February 6 resulting in 18 drug cases and the arrests of 20 people said Wayan Jiartana of the Denpasar police.  The 15 users and 5 dealers were …

One day after being swept away by the Yeh Ho river in Tabanan, 55 year-old Ketut Susila Adnyana, has been found dead.  The body of the victim was found at Klecung Beach by a local from Tabanan reported police.  According to police reports, the incident began when the victim along with two colleagues were looking …