Police officers at Bali airport apprehended a middle-aged Indian woman last week for stealing a laptop bag valued at IDR8 million (US$532).
Rionson Ritonga, the Chief of the Crime Unit at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Police, stated yesterday that an employee from a store noticed the disappearance of the laptop bag that was on display last Wednesday at around 11:30 am.
CCTV footage confirmed that an unidentified woman took the laptop bag without being noticed by any of the storekeepers.
Local news outlets reported that two hours after the incident, a 44-year-old Indian woman, identified by her initials KSA, was apprehended in the departure area of the airport.
If proven guilty of theft by a court, KSA could face up to five years in prison under Indonesian law.
