Unable to return to his home country because of the continuing global pandemic, a 34-year-old Italian Francesco D’alesio is now in police custody in Bali after being arrested in possession of Cocaine with an estimated street value of more than Rp. 400 million.
Francesco D’alesio Arrested by Bali Police
The head of the
Badung Police Precinct, AKBP Robi Septiadi, accompanied by Iptu Budi Artama, confirmed to
NusaBali that the arrest was facilitated by information from the public that a foreign national was selling Cocaine to other foreigners in the North Kuta area of Bali.
Working on that lead, police raided Francesco’s residence at the
The two men, dressed in orange, were shown to journalists at a news conference.
Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, a British man who has a hotel business on neighbouring Lombok island, and his Indonesian partner Ni Ketut Dewi Seniwati were arrested in the car park of a restaurant in Bali on May 7 after residents reported narcotic transactions in the area, police said.
Badung police chief Roby Septiadi said officers seized 223 grams (7.9 ounces) of marijuana from Kutsch and his partner.
British national Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, right, and Italian national Francesco D’Alesio during a police press conference in Badung, Bali (AP)
Badung police said they also arrested Italian tourist Francesco D’Alesio for possession of 94 grams (3.2 ounces) of cocaine valued at 400 million rupiah (£19,000) on May 13.
May 25, 2021
DENPASAR, INDONESIA (AP) A British hotel owner and an Italian tourist have been arrested for alleged possession of narcotics on Indonesia’s resort island of Bali, police said yesterday.
The two men, dressed in orange, were shown to journalists at a news conference.
Kenneth Daniel Kutsch, a British man who has a hotel business on neighbouring Lombok island, and his Indonesian partner Ni Ketut Dewi Seniwati, were arrested in the parking lot of a restaurant in Bali on May 7 after residents reported narcotic transactions in the area, police said.
Badung Police Chief Roby Septiadi said officers seized 223 grammes of marijuana from Kutsch and his partner.
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