In March, Badung police arrested eight suspects involved in thefts across Bali. Two of them were repeat offenders who had previously served time for similar crimes. Five of the suspects specialized in…
Bali police have arrested two men suspected of stealing a wallet from an Australian tourist. The suspects, DUS (aged 43) and AL (aged 44), were identified through surveillance cameras.
Bali’s narcotics police discovered a hydroponic marijuana plantation in a residential house on Bina Kusuma IV Street in Denpasar.
A couple was detained: 31-year-old N.R. from the Netherlands and his wife, 33-year-old K.V. from Russia. Dozens of cannabis plants about a meter high, hundreds of seed packets, and equipment for hydro…
Three men have been detained in Bali on suspicion of illegal trafficking of medications worth nearly 2 billion rupiahs.
The head of the narcotics police reported that these involve batches of psychotropic drugs and potent medications distributed without licenses and prescriptions. More than 65,000 tablets and capsules…
A foreigner caused chaos in Kerobokan, breaking into a local resident’s home, smashing a glass window of a nearby shop, and even attempting to steal a parked motorcycle.
The police in West Lombok have solved the high-profile case of the disappearance of Spanish tourist Maria Matilde Muñoz Cazorla, aged 73. She arrived in Lombok on June 13, 2025, and checked into the B…
One of the landmarks of Nuanu Creative City, the famous Tri Hita Karana Tower, situated on a cliff edge, raised concerns among local authorities. During an inspection conducted by the Tim Pansus DPRD…
Recently, there have been several incidents in the tourist areas of Bali — Kuta and Jimbaran — where visitors have encountered street theft attempts.
Most often, criminals ride up on a motorcycle and try to grab a tourist’s phone, bag, or jewelry. These incidents happen both on busy streets and quieter lanes, mainly when a person is distracted or n…
The panel of judges at the Denpasar District Court sentenced 40-year-old Russian citizen Andrey Z. to 5 years and 8 months in prison for attempting to import cannabis paste disguised as face cream int…
At Bali’s Ngurah Rai International Airport, customs officers detained a 21-year-old Ukrainian, K.V., who was found with two kilograms of the synthetic drug 4-chloromethcathinone (4-CMC), known as 'blu…
