Arrested in Bali, Australian Cartel Boss Forged Identity

The flight of Australian drug cartel boss Angelo Pandeli has ended in Bali. The prominent member of the outlaw motorcycle gang ‘Hells Angels’ had forged his identity on travel documents as he prepared to depart on a private jet from I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali. Angelo Pandeli is an extremely influential figure in transnational organised crime and a key member of the forbidden ‘Hells Angels’ motorcycle gang in Australia. He is believed to be responsible for a significant volume of past and ongoing commercial imports of border-controlled narcotics into Australia. Pandeli was last seen on 9 October 2025 in Manly, Australia, acting in a manner consistent with evading law enforcement. The AFP believed he was attempting to quietly exit Australia, bound for either Cambodia or Vietnam. Intelligence suggested Pandeli might hold fraudulently obtained passports from Venezuela or St Kitts and Nevis. The AFP also assessed it was most likely he would try to flee Australia via a maritime route. Brigadier General Eko Hadi Santoso, the Director of Narcotics Crime at the Criminal Investigation Division of the Indonesian National Police, confirmed the arrest, revealing that the suspect had falsified his identity to avoid pursuit by authorities. Pandeli was known to be an Interpol fugitive subject to a Blue Notice. ‘Based on immigration checks, it was discovered that George Anderson Mota Correia was suspected of using travel documents that did not belong to him. Further investigation revealed his true identity as Angelo Pandeli, an Australian citizen holding a Venezuelan passport (suspected to be false),’ said Brigadier General Eko Hadi when contacted on Thursday (11/6/2026). Pandeli was flagged as an Interpol Blue Notice HIT when he attempted to travel from Bali to Mozambique on the private jet CAPA Jet, flight number N017CJ, through the VIP South Terminal of I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Saturday (6/6). Following the discovery, the Immigration Examination Section II took action to suspend his departure, coordinated with the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Division and the Criminal Investigation Division of the National Police, and transferred the travel documents via an official handover report to support further investigation and law enforcement processes. The Directorate of Narcotics Crime subsequently dispatched a team to arrest the suspect. ‘We are currently coordinating with the Ngurah Rai Special Class I Immigration Office and the Australian Federal Police to arrange the deportation of Angelo Pandeli to Australia,’ he stated.