Thread: Bali Police Hunt Russian Wanted by Interpol

Indonesian police are on the hunt in Bali for a Russian fugitive wanted by Interpol after he escaped from custody while waiting to be deported from the resort island, authorities said Monday.


CCTV footage released by the authorities showed Andrei Kovalenko sneaking out of the immigration office in Denpasar detention center on Thursday while officials were busy finishing his transfer paperwork and running outside.

Police said Kovalenko was wanted by Interpol but declined to specify what crime he committed overseas.


"We are still investigating this case and we have deployed all our resources" to search for him, Bali police's head of general crimes, Djuhandani Rahardjo Puro told a press conference Monday.


Immigration officials immediately alerted the police and the Russian Embassy to search for Kovalenko, who has also used Andrew Ayer as a name.


The Russian Embassy, contacted by AFP, declined to comment on the case.


The 32-year-old Russian was arrested in a cafe in the popular tourist hub Kuta in 2019 for selling hashish to fellow tourists. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was released on Feb. 3.


On his way out of Kerobokan prison, he was handed over to immigration officials while waiting to be deported.


Police said Kovalenko escaped after he received a visit from a Russian female friend identified as Ekaterina Trubkina, now also wanted for allegedly assisting him.


Indonesian authorities have previously caught international fugitives wanted by Interpol who sought to hide in the palm-fringed island of Bali.


In July last year, Bali police arrested Marcus Beam, an American fugitive accused of scamming $500,000 from women he met online between 2015 to 2019.


The American had been hiding in Bali with his girlfriend where he worked as a porn actor-director.


Bali Police Hunt Russian Wanted by Interpol - The Moscow Times

while officials were busy finishing his transfer paperwork and running outside.

Perhaps if they hadn't run outside he wouldn't have had the opportunity to scarper.

Won’t take them long. Seems he didn’t want to go to Russia

In July last year, Bali police arrested Marcus Beam, an American fugitive accused of scamming $500,000 from women he met online between 2015 to 2019.
The American had been hiding in Bali with his girlfriend where he worked as a porn actor-director.

Federal prosecutors say a suburban investment manager who allegedly fled to Indonesia after he was charged in a scam to cheat people out of at least $500,000 has been returned in custody to Chicago.

Marcus Beam, 50, of Woodridge, fled the United States after he was released on bond in January 2020, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Prosecutors said U.S. Marshals found him in Bali, and he was detained last July and returned to Chicago on Wednesday.

Suburban investment manager who fled to Bali while facing fraud charges back in Chicago, authorities say - Chicago Sun-Times

Originally Posted by TheRealKW

Won’t take them long. Seems he didn’t want to go to Russia

Seems Indonesia attracts a fair share of scum

Originally Posted by Backspin

Seems Indonesia attracts a fair share of scum

so does your arse

what is your point ?

Originally Posted by Backspin

Seems Indonesia attracts a fair share of scum

As does Thailand, as does Philippines, as does China, as does Mexico, as does .... what’s your point?

Originally Posted by baldrick

so does your arse

what is your point ?

He wants to go there?

Lots of dodgy Russians in Bali, they have their own criminal gangs and everything else a dodgy Russian would want.

You can tell them in the street, tall and beautifully over-dressed (Nataliya) with football shirted beer bellied oaf in tow (Ivan).

Nothing against beautifully over-dressed women but I understand personal hygiene is suss and they piss in the shower as it is good for their athletes foot, though the only running they do is from the police.

Of cours there are lot of crimnal (we cannot mention here) coming from ..................

Originally Posted by cyrille

Of cours there are lot of crimnal (we cannot mention here) coming from ..................

Klondick has hacked Cy’s account

Just trying to save him a job.