A Russian drug suspect who escaped from the Bali Police on Saturday, the 35-year-old Andrey Spiridonov, was re-apprehended yesterday, reportedly while he was hiding in a ditch.
According to police Spiridonov initially didn’t have any idea where to go after he escaped the jail but eventually chose a ditch in an East Denpasar village as his temporary hiding place, using leaves to cover himself up in an attempt to avoid detection. However, his efforts weren’t enough to prevent residents from noticing him.
“After about 45 hours, on Sunday night, two Bali Police’ Drug Unit officers received information from residents that the foreigner in question was hiding in a ditch on Tunjung Sari Alley, Tohpati Village, East Denpasar,” Bali Police’s Public Relations Unit Chief, Grand Commissioner Hengky Widjaja told reporters on Monday, as quoted by Detik.
Spiridonov, who reportedly works as a psychologist, has been brought to the headquarters of Bali Police Drug Unit for further investigation after undergoing a medical check-up at a local hospital.
Spiridonov was arrested on Tuesday morning of last week in a parking lot in Bali’s capital of Denpasar.
According to police, Spiridonov managed to escape on Saturday after asking to be brought to an upstairs restroom. He was escorted by an officer while his arms and legs were still handcuffed. The officer who waited outside the restroom later found out that the suspect had jumped out through the restroom’s ventilation, with his handcuffs left behind.
Spiridonov was arrested for allegedly importing N-Dimethyltrytamine (DMT), an illegal hallucinogenic narcotic which he said he ordered online and had delivered from the Netherlands.
