Bali police officers arrested three Indonesian men at a villa in Kuta in April following the discovery of a huge haul of illegal substances, but they have yet to locate the 32-year-old Australian man who they believe is behind the haul.
The Australian Federal Police has denied it is helping apprehend a mystery Australian man wanted over the seizure of more than 50 kilograms of drugs in Bali after the island’s chief investigator said it was joining the hunt.
Asked to confirm its involvement and whether it knew the identity of the man Indonesian authorities were chasing, an AFP spokesperson said on Tuesday: “The AFP does not comment on who may or may not be the subject of investigation”.Khozin said police suspected the Australian man – who they have identified only as “A” – was attempting to smuggle the drugs into Australia from Bali and had them temporarily at the villa with his other belongings when police raided the premises.
The AFP faced years of fierce scrutiny for sharing information with Indonesian authorities about the Bali Nine
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