Denpasar, Feb. 8 -- Bali Police have busted an online gambling syndicate operated by Indian nationals from two villas in the province, with 39 arrests, all Indians, made during the operation.

"Following continued probe, we named 35 individuals as suspects while the other four remain as witnesses," Bali Police Chief Inspector General Daniel Adityajaya said at a press conference here on Saturday.

He said that the arrests were made following an intensive probe by the local police's Cyber Criminal Investigation Agency of a suspected online gambling syndicate operating in the province.

Inspector General Adityajaya said that on January 15, cyber-patrol officers detected an Instagram account, @Rambetexchange, which was promoting the online ga...