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…
The trial of 33-year-old Australian tourist Nelson Philip James has started in the Denpasar District Court. He is accused of possessing 0.85 grams of cocaine and 0.53 grams of MDMA, both Class I subst…
Bali provincial police publicly destroyed a large batch of seized drugs. The total value is estimated at around IDR 23.4 billion. Everything was ground up in a blender and then burned.
The case involving marijuana allegedly grown in a rented house in the Ubung Kaja area of North Denpasar is ongoing at the Denpasar court.
The main defendant is Dutch citizen Nirul Rashim Abdoelrazak. The prosecutor is seeking nine years in prison and a fine of 1 billion rupiah. He is accused of growing marijuana using hydroponics.
Badung police are stepping up monitoring of villas and other properties that could be used to store, consume, or produce drugs. They say particular attention will be paid to areas with large numbers o…
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…
Foreigners serving time in Bali's prisons have had their sentences reduced to mark the 81st anniversary of Indonesia's independence.
66 were granted a general remission of the first type, meaning a partial cut to the sentence, while four received the second type, under which the sentence ends immediately. The ceremony took place on…
Vitamin IV drips, recovery treatments and even hangover IVs have become a fairly common service in Bali. They are offered to replenish fluids, vitamins and minerals, with the contents of each drip var…
Police and customs officers at Soekarno-Hatta Airport have uncovered a network producing vapes containing THC in Bali. THC is a substance found in cannabis and has a narcotic effect.
Unlicensed clinics, IV drips in hotel rooms and consultations with foreign doctors who hold no work permit — authorities have now taken all of this on in the resort areas of southern Bali. Owners of v…
