A joint operation between the Indonesian National Police, the Directorate General of Immigration, and the Directorate General of Customs and Excise thwarted an attempt to smuggle Narcotics Class 1 involving a foreigner at Bali's Ngurah Rai International Airport on Thursday (09/03/2023).
Director General of Immigration Silmy Karim said GM (33), a male of Russian nationality, was arrested by a joint team in the Bali Region. In addition to the narcotics case, the foreigner violated immigration rules by providing false information to obtain his immigration documents.
dokumen keimigrasiannya.
"Saat ini yang bersangkutan kami amankan dan telah diserahterimakan dari Bareskrim Polri pada Jumat (10/03/2023) untuk menjalani pemeriksaan lebih lanjut oleh Direktorat Pengawasan dan Penindakan Keimigrasian Ditjen Imigrasi di Jakarta," ujarnya.
The foreign man is known to have used a fraudulent passport of Latvian nationality and lives in Bali to deceive officers. After searching through the data in the Immigration Management Information System (SIMKIM), it turned out that the address data in question was fake, and the sponsor's address was also wrong.
"Melalui kerja sama antar instansi, kami berhasil mendapatkan WNA tersebut dan langsung kami detensi serta pengembangan penyelidikan oleh Tim Narkoba Bareskrim Polri," tutur Silmy.
Dalam kurun waktu Januari - Februari 2023, Imigrasi telah melakukan 259 Tindakan Administratif Keimigrasian (TAK) terhadap total 630 Orang Asing. Sementara itu, pada pekan pertama Maret 2023, Imigrasi telah memberlakukan TAK terhadap 24 Orang Asing.