Bali Police Are Still Checking The Intensiveness Of Russian Citizens In The Gang Of Perpetrators Of The Robbery Of Ukrainian Citizens

Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Kombes Ariasandy/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

DENPASAR - Bali Police are still investigating the role of KA (30), a Russian foreigner suspected of being one of the nine perpetrators of the robbery of Ukrainian foreigner Igor Lermakov (48).

"The perpetrator with the initials KA, one of whom was reported to be the victim, happened to be planning to leave Bali for Dubai, we secured it, we are still examining and exploring his role, his involvement," said Head of Public Relations of the Bali Police, Kombes Ariasandy, Friday, January 31.

Sandy explained that when he was arrested at the international departure terminal at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, on Thursday (30/1) night, the Russian foreigner did not fight back when he was arrested by joint Immigration officers and the Bali Police.

He was arrested alone and immediately taken to the Bali Police at that time.

When secured, there was no evidence in the form of weapons or money that was allegedly taken from the victim. He said that until now, KA was still cooperative in undergoing examination at the Bali Police.

His party hopes that the arrest of one of the alleged perpetrators can bring clues to arrest eight other perpetrators who are still at large.

"What is clear is that the person concerned is mentioned in the Police Report reported by the complainant from nine people. Hopefully, the initial examination can reveal the role of the perpetrator and others," he said.

Sandy also could not reveal further the identity, occupation and visa used by the perpetrators because he was still waiting for the results of the investigator's examination and coordination with the Immigration Office.

The Bali Police are now investigating a robbery allegedly carried out by a number of foreign nationals (WNA) to a foreigner from Ukraine with the initials II. In the video footage, a Ukrainian foreigner and his driver became victims of kidnapping and robbery of crypto assets of around Rp. 3.4 billion.

The incident, known to have occurred on December 15, 2024. At that time the victim and the driver with the initials A drove a white BMW car.

On their way around Jalan Tundun Turtle Dipal, Ungasan Village, South Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali, they were suddenly intercepted by two cars, the first Alphard car by blocking the road from the front and one from the back.

Then, when the car came out from the front, four people were dressed in black with a face covering or mask carrying a knife, hammer and pistol. Then they took the victim and the driver to get into one of the cars in handcuffs with their heads covered with a black head covering.

Furthermore, the perpetrators took the victim and the driver to a villa in the South Kuta area, Badung Regency. Then, when they arrived at the villa, the perpetrators forcibly took the victim's cellphone. They then beat the victim to be willing to transfer cryptocurrency assets to two accounts that allegedly belonged to the perpetrator.

"Then continued the beating and forced the complainant (victim) to give the reporter's binance account to be forcibly taken by the complainant's crypto asset," said Sandy.

The victim suffered injuries to his right ear, right and left wrists, bruises on his left hand, bruises on his left eye, bruises on the back of his head and bruises on his right waist and material of approximately Rp. 3,496,790,194.