American and Russian arrested in Bali over drug packages

A Kantor Pos office. Photo: Flickr
A Kantor Pos office. Photo: Flickr

Law enforcement in Denpasar, Bali has arrested two foreigners who were apparently being sent drugs in the mail.

American woman, CL, and Russian man AP, were arrested after police foiled plots to smuggle drugs from abroad into Indonesia through the postal service.

The woman was sent 1.2 grams of meth from the US.

Police say the American woman was quite difficult to track down because her address wasn’t clear and she was receiving the package through a PO Box, but didn’t come for it right away. About a month after the package arrived in Bali, the woman finally came for it. Officers were tipped off and she was arrested.

The Russian man was much easier to catch because his identity was linked with his PO Box.

“From there, we secured over 100 grams of ecstasy,” head of the Denpasar Customs and Excise Office Untung Purwoko said, as quoted by Tribun Bali.



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