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View all search resultsPortuguse woman nabbed for smuggling ammunition
The suspect was arrested on June 20 at 11:28 p.m. Central Indonesian Time after Aviation Security (Avsec) personnel found 50 .22 caliber Long Rifle bullets in her backpack when she was about to fly to Abu Dhabi.
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Pieces of evidence are confiscated by the police from a Portuguese woman who carried 50 .22 Long Rifle bullets in her backpack as shown in this composite picture released on June 20, 2026, by the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Police. The Portuguese woman was arrested at 11:28 p.m. local time on the same day when she was going to fly to Abu Dhabi. (Courtesy of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport Police/-)
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he police arrested a woman from Portugal at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport for allegedly attempting to transport ammunition out of Bali without any legal documents.
The Portuguese woman has been identified as 47-year-old ACRDCF and was arrested at the departure area of the international airport on June 20 Jun 11:28 p.m. local time.
"We have arrested the woman and further investigation is underway," I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport Police spokesman Second Insp. I Gede Suka Artana said on Thursday.
He said that the Portuguese woman was arrested at a security checkpoint in the airport’s departure area.
The ammunition was found by Aviation Security (Avsec) personnel who examine passenger belongings using X-Ray machines.
"The Avsec personnel detected suspicious things inside a backpack that was brought by a passenger who was going to fly to Abu Dhabi," Artana said.
After a thorough examination of the backpack, security personnel found 50 bullets that were still inside a box and wrapped in white tissue in one of the pockets of the backpack.
