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…
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…
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.
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…
Two couriers were caught with cocaine and 'ice' worth 17.8 billion rupiahs at Ngurah Rai International Airport. The suspects were apprehended on the same day, but not simultaneously.
Bali police detained four individuals involved in a daring attack on a Lithuanian citizen, 42-year-old Roman Smeilov. Among the suspects are two Russians, Yuri Vitchenko (30) and Ilya Shkutov (32), as…
The Indonesian National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has uncovered a network of drug traffickers in Bali, allegedly involving citizens of Russia and Ukraine.
The investigation began after the arrest of a Russian citizen, I.E., on January 26, 2025, in Canggu. During a search of his villa, officers seized 986 grams of marijuana and 483 grams of hashish hidde…
New details have surfaced in the media about a truly gangster-like story that recently unfolded in Bali. We previously reported on the high-profile case involving extortion and kidnapping, and the lat…
Indonesian authorities have detained over one hundred foreign nationals. This large-scale operation was conducted by the Bali Becik unit, a special division of the immigration service focused on monit…
