{"id":5025,"date":"2026-01-24T15:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2026-01-24T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:47:41","slug":"bali-naval-base-arrests-suspect-in-illegal-firearms-sales-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/bali-naval-base-arrests-suspect-in-illegal-firearms-sales-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bali Naval Base Arrests Suspect in Illegal Firearms Sales Operation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0Joint Indonesian naval and military intelligence teams apprehended a man in Denpasar on Thursday, seizing an assembled pistol, ammunition, and various personal items as evidence.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DENPASAR, Bali<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 Indonesian naval authorities in Bali have arrested a man suspected of illegally selling firearms on the island, seizing an assembled pistol, live ammunition, and a cache of personal items during an operation last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suspect, identified as Akhmad Soleh Ricard (33), a resident of Jimbaran originally from Lampung province, was apprehended by a joint intelligence team from the Koderal V military command and the Bali Naval Base (Lanal Bali). The arrest took place at approximately 12:16 PM local time on Thursday, January 22, at a food stall on Jalan Buana Raya in West Denpasar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The suspect and evidence of the illegal firearm sales will be processed further by the Denpasar Police,&#8221; stated Kapten Laut (P) Eko Mey, spokesperson for Lanal Bali, on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Evidence Seized in the Operation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The items confiscated during the arrest include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One assembled Sig Sauer-style firearm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Four rounds of live 9mm ammunition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One soft gun (replica or non-lethal firearm)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multiple ATM cards from various banks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Three identification cards (KTP) in the suspect&#8217;s name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A driver&#8217;s license (SIM A)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A motorcycle (Yamaha Xride)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An iPhone 13 Pro Max<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Approximately 73,000 Indonesian Rupiah in cash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Miscellaneous personal cards and a holster<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation underscores ongoing efforts by Indonesian security forces to combat the illicit arms trade, which poses a significant concern for local and regional security. The case has been handed over to the Denpasar Police for further investigation and legal proceedings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Bali&#8217;s international community, such operations highlight the active role of security apparatuses in maintaining the island&#8217;s safety and the serious legal consequences associated with weapons violations in Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hey Bali News <\/a>reports on law enforcement and security matters relevant to the island&#8217;s residents and visitors.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Joint Indonesian naval and military intelligence teams apprehended a man in Denpasar on Thursday, seizing an assembled pistol, ammunition, and various personal items as evidence. DENPASAR, Bali&nbsp;\u2014 Indonesian naval authorities in Bali have arrested a man suspected of illegally selling firearms on the island, seizing an assembled pistol, live ammunition, and a cache of personal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_food_recipe":[],"enable_food_recipe":"","food_recipe_title":"","food_recipe_description":"","food_recipe_serve":"","food_recipe_time":"","food_recipe_prep":"","food_recipe_level":"","food_recipe_keywords":"","food_recipe_category":"","food_recipe_cuisine":"","food_recipe_yield":"","food_recipe_calories":"","enable_print_recipe":"","ingredient":[],"instruction":"","jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"","type":"","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[],"bad":[],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[],"price":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[347,51],"tags":[47,106,314,146,245,82,710,711,54],"class_list":["post-5025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bali-law","category-bali-update","tag-bali","tag-bali-expat","tag-bali-law","tag-bali-life","tag-bali-police","tag-bali-tourism","tag-illegal-firearms","tag-indonesian-naval-authorities-in-bali","tag-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heybali.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}