June 11, 2026 / 11:18 AM EDT
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Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian fugitive hiding in the lavatory of a private jet as it was about to take off from the resort island of Bali, officials said Thursday.Officers rushed on board the plane after the pilot was ordered to return from the runway to the VIP Terminal at Bali's Denpasar airport on Saturday.Immigration officials had become suspicious of a man traveling on a Brazilian passport with no record of entry to Indonesia or a valid residence permit for the country.The man and three other foreign passengers and three crew members were ready to depart from Bali's capital for Maputo in Mozambique when the pilot received the call to stay on the tarmac.Officials found three passengers in the cabin and their suspect hiding in the lavatory, Bali immigration authorities said in a statement.Australian media identified the man as Angelo Pandeli, a prominent member of a motorbike gang linked to drug trafficking and wanted by Interpol. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission in 2021 alleged Pandeli was part of the "Aussie Cartel," which was allegedly responsible for smuggling drugs into the country, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.He was apparently using someone else's Brazilian passport to evade arrest.
