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…
Indonesia limits what travellers can bring into the country and take out of it, and several of these rules changed in 2024 and 2025. As of October 2026, goods that must be declared are entered in the…
What to do if you suddenly fall ill in the middle of the night and you don't have the medication you need at hand?
In Bali, there are pharmacies that operate 24/7. You can purchase the necessary medications at any time. There's no need to wait until morning and deal with your problem alone all night. Typicall…
Bali may be one of the world’s most popular holiday destinations, but Indonesia has strict drug laws, and foreign visitors are subject to the same criminal justice system as Indonesian citizens.
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…
Police in North Lombok have dismantled a major network involved in growing and selling hallucinogenic mushrooms supplied to nightlife venues on Gili Trawangan.
Six people were arrested in the operation, with officers seizing more than 407 grams of psilocybin mushrooms.
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.
Prosecutors in Bali have asked for a Belarusian citizen to be sentenced to nine years in prison and fined 100 million rupiah over cocaine and marijuana.
If the fine is not paid, 60 days will be added to his sentence. This is the prosecutor's demand, not a verdict: the defence will respond at the next hearing at the court in Denpasar.
Two Chilean nationals, a man and a woman, have been arrested at Ngurah Rai Airport with 4.59 kg of cocaine.
The drugs were hidden in concealed compartments behind the back panels of their backpacks.
A 36-year-old Brazilian woman has been arrested at Ngurah Rai Airport after about 3.6 kg of liquid cocaine was found in her luggage.
She was carrying the drug in seven bottles that had originally held shampoo and body care products.
