A 40-year-old app-based motorcycle taxi driver (locally known as ojek online or ojol for short) was arrested in Denpasar for allegedly stealing a police officer’s gun.

The ojol, identified as PRA, reportedly pretended to help a police officer who got into an accident on Jalan Sunset Road in Kuta last Saturday.

Police in Denpasar have arrested a 31-year-old man who sought to profit from the bike boom that has hit many parts of Indonesia by stealing 13 bicycles within a few days.

A whale shark found washed ashore on Pekutatan Beach in Bali’s Jembrana regency earlier this morning has reportedly died due to exhaustion, just hours after it was first found by local residents in the area.

A beachgoer found part of what is believed to be a decaying human foot on Bali’s Berawa Beach yesterday afternoon, with police now investigating the discovery.

According to reports, a foreigner filed the report soon after discovering the foot on the beach, which has since been brought to the local hospital for further examination.

Bali is now included in Indonesia’s priority list for COVID-19 handling, head of the national task force Doni Monardo said today, as the worrying spike in coronavirus infections this month has resulted in a high hospital bed occupancy rate on the island.