Police in Bali have arrested a Bulgarian, Ilias Danimil Saif, also known as Rehman (20), accused of robbing two
Bank Mandiri ATMs on Jalan Uluwatu II in Jimbaran on Monday, 15 March 2021. Police say the man robbed the
ATM at 2:30 am.
As reported by
NusaBali, Rehman was staying at the
Guest House De Rose on Jalan Batu Bolong in Canggu, North Kuta, where police later placed him under arrest on Friday, 26 March 2021.
The head of the
Criminal Division of the Bali Police, Commissioner Djugandhano Rahardjo Puro, told the press that Ilias Danimil Saif was a recidivist with a criminal record for skimming
Ngurah Rai Immigration Office successfully recaptured Andrew Ayer alias Andrei Kovalenka, a Russian fugitive wanted under an
INTERPOL “Red Notice.” The arrest took place in the early hours of Wednesday, 22 February 2021, at
Villa Seminyak II, Jalan Umalas I, North Kuta.
As reported by
Kompas.com, also taken into custody by police at the same time as Kovalenka was his Russian female companion, Ekaterina Trubkina. The couple had been the subject of a
“most wanted” notice since 11 February 2021 issued by immigration and Bali Police when Kovalenka escaped immigration custody. Trubkina assisted Kovalenka in his temporary dash to freedom.
Kovalenka’s escape occurred on 11 February at the
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A US national living in Bali is at the center of a whirlwind of controversy after making a series of posts on social media that many Indonesians and others found offensive and has prompted Immigration authorities to commence an intensive search for the woman’s whereabouts.
As reported by
BeritaBali.com, NusaBali.com, and several national news outlets – Kirsten Gray insisted on boasting to her global readership via some 20 separate tweets detailing her life since arriving in Bali in 2019.
Gray related how she could not find employment in the USA, where living costs are relatively high, she resolved her girlfriend to uproot and relocate to Bali. Arriving in Bali on a tourist visa, she and her partner originally planned to spend six months in Bali. The