Denpasar, Bali, Oct. 16 -- A hunt is ongoing to find foreign nationals suspected as the ringleaders in the recent 4.5-kilogram drug smuggling case through Bali's I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport, the local Provincial National Narcotics Agency (BNNP) has said.

"We are pursuing the foreign nationals suspected to control the scheme, as we strongly believe they are part of an international drug smuggling network," Bali BNNP acting head Senior Commissioner Stevy Frits Pattiasina said on Friday.

The drug smuggling case, uncovered on October 3, involved three individuals: two Chilean nationals identified as J and B, and an Indonesian national identified by the initials HU.

He said the drug smuggling operation was uncovered when the tw...