Drug abuse and trafficking have dragged Indonesia into a more serious situation, as several state apparatuses were found guilty of drug crimes.
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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
Bali cop arrested for trafficking drugs
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Badung police chief, Adjunct Sen.Coms.Roby Septiadi. (ANTARA/Ayu Khania Pranisitha) Denpasar, Bali (ANTARA) - A police officer from Mengwi police precinct in Badung district, Bali province has been discharged from duty and detained over his alleged role in dealing drugs.
He has been discharged from his duties before being dismissed from the police service, Badung police chief, Adjunct Sen.Coms.Roby Septiadi, said.
He said the officer was arrested in Denpasar on May 8, 2021 for drug dealing, but did not divulge his identity.
The Denpasar police s anti-drug squad seized 84 grams of crystal methamphetamine from the suspect at the time of arrest, he added.
Police Declare Canggu and North Kuta a ‘Red Zone’
Beritabali.com quotes AKPB Roby Septiadi, the Chief of the Badung Regency Police Precinct, saying that North Kuta and Mengwi are now
“red zones” due to the high risk of
coronavirus infections, with most cases occurring in “
family clusters.”
Septiadi made his comments accompanied by Bali’s Deputy-Chief of Police Brigadier General Dr. Roycke Harry Langie at an event where the police distributed 5,000 free face masks in the North Kuta village of Canggu on Wednesday, 3 February 2021.
The Badung Regency’s top policeman explained that Canggu was selected to receive the free face masks based on police data showing the greatest number of violations of