DENPASAR, mybalinews.com – Bali Police has arrested a Russian man KA (30) for allegedly kidnapped, confined and robbed a Ukrainian man in Bali.
KA is allegedly one out of total 9 foreigners that have committed the crime.
Bali Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Ariasandy confirmed that KA has been arrested at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport on Thursday (30/1) night. He was arrested when he was going to leave Bali for Dubai, UEA.
“Yes, its correct. One out of 9 people that have been reported by the victim have been arrested on Thursday at around 7 p.m Bali time ,” Ariasandy said on Friday (31/1).
“He was going to leave Bali for Dubai at 7 p.m,” Ariasandy said, adding that the arrest was based on report from the victim
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KA has now been taken to crime unit at Bali Police headquarter for further investigation.
Earlier reported that the Bali Police are investigating a robbery allegedly carried out by several foreign nationals against a Ukrainian national. The footage of robbery incident from car dashcam has also gone viral on social media.
The perpetrators are believed to be nine people, mostly Russian. They have robbed cryptocurrency assets worth IDR 3.4 billion from the victim’s account.
“Investigation are underway,” the Bali Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Ariasandy said on Thursday (30/1).
The incident was reportedly occurred on December 15, 2024. At that time, the victim (II), along with his driver (initials A), was driving a white car. Suddenly, while traveling along the street in Ungasan Village, South Kuta, Badung, Bali, they were blocked by two cars. An Alphard was blocking the road from the front and another one from behind.
Later on, four people dressed in black, wearing masks and armed with knives, hammers, and pistols, came out from the car. They forced the victim and his driver into one of the cars, handcuffed them, and covered their heads with black hoods.
The perpetrators then took the victim and the driver to a villa. Upon arriving at the villa, the perpetrators was forced to took the mobile phone. They then beat the victim to coerce him into transferring cryptocurrency assets to two accounts believed to belong to the perpetrators.
“The attackers continued to beat and forced the victim to provide his Binance account so they could steal the victim’s cryptocurrency assets worth 214,429.13808500 USD,” he added.
As a result of the incident, the victim suffered injuries to his right ear, both wrists, left hand, left eye, back of the head, and right side of the waist. The material loss was estimated at approximately IDR 3,496,790,194.
The victim reported the incident to the Bali Police for further investigation. The victim was coerced into handing over his cryptocurrency assets, and it is still unclear whether the perpetrators and the victim are known each other. (mybalinews/KAD/ERV)
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