Italian drug user arrested in Kerobokan

Italian drug user arrested in a villa located at Jl Umalas in Kerobokan on Thursday 13/05/2021 at 6 PM after police received reports. The Italian tourist Francesco D’Alesio for possession of 94 grams (3.2 ounces) of cocaine valued at 400 million rupiah ($28,000) on May 13. Police said D’Alesio has been stranded on Bali because of the COVID-19 pandemic and has actively used cocaine during his stay. We are still investigating the large amount of evidence we have obtained to determine the source of the narcotics,” Badung police Narcotic Unit chief I Putu Budi Artama said.

Indonesia has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted dealers are sometimes executed by firing squad. More than 150 people are currently on death row, mostly for drug crimes. About one-third of them are foreigners. Last year, an American man was sentenced to 9 1/3 years in prison after he was found guilty of selling cocaine and marijuana on Bali.

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