A Russian woman who posted a nude photo of herself in front of a sacred tree has been deported from Bali, an official said on Monday, the latest incident involving indelicate tourist acts on the Indonesian resort island. The 40-year-old woman, identified as Luiza Kosykh, left Bali’s Denpasar on a late Sunday flight to Moscow, Bali legal and human rights agency official I Nengah Sukadana said, just days after she was nabbed by immigration officials.
Kosykh was arrested on Wednesday after her nude photo in front of the 700-year-old banyan went viral, angering local Hindus who revere the tree as sacred. She claimed the photograph was taken a few years ago and that she did not know the tree was considered sacred. The Russian, who claims to be a property investor, entered Bali in January using a temporary-stay visa which would have been valid until December of next year.
Cocaine worth Rs 400 million found floating off Sicily
Over Rs 400 million worth of cocaine has been found floating off Sicily in packages likely left by a cargo ship for traffickers to bring ashore, Italian police said on Monday. In “one of the largest” drug hauls ever made in Italy, police intercepted 70 packages, which were tied together and contained around two tonnes (2,000kg ) of cocaine, off Sicily’s eastern coast. The packages, made up of around 1,600 bricks of drugs, and sporting a tracking device, were spotted by a navy surveillance plane, police said. They were “probably left at sea by one of the cargo ships frequenting that stretch of coastline, to be subsequently recovered and transported to the mainland,” it said. The cargo had a street value of over ₹ 400 million ($440 million), it said. Although Sicily is home to the Cosa Nostra mafia immortalised in the Godfather films, the country’s leading organised crime group is the wealthy and powerful ‘Ndrangheta.
Kosykh was arrested on Wednesday after her nude photo in front of the 700-year-old banyan went viral, angering local Hindus who revere the tree as sacred. She claimed the photograph was taken a few years ago and that she did not know the tree was considered sacred. The Russian, who claims to be a property investor, entered Bali in January using a temporary-stay visa which would have been valid until December of next year.
Cocaine worth Rs 400 million found floating off Sicily
Over Rs 400 million worth of cocaine has been found floating off Sicily in packages likely left by a cargo ship for traffickers to bring ashore, Italian police said on Monday. In “one of the largest” drug hauls ever made in Italy, police intercepted 70 packages, which were tied together and contained around two tonnes (2,000kg ) of cocaine, off Sicily’s eastern coast. The packages, made up of around 1,600 bricks of drugs, and sporting a tracking device, were spotted by a navy surveillance plane, police said. They were “probably left at sea by one of the cargo ships frequenting that stretch of coastline, to be subsequently recovered and transported to the mainland,” it said. The cargo had a street value of over ₹ 400 million ($440 million), it said. Although Sicily is home to the Cosa Nostra mafia immortalised in the Godfather films, the country’s leading organised crime group is the wealthy and powerful ‘Ndrangheta.